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UPDATE: RCMP confirm man found dead in Salmo is the suspect from Wednesday s double homicide
(UPDATE: Jan. 7 @ 3:45 pm) - The RCMP has now confirmed that the man allegedly responsible for a double homicide in Creston on Wednesday night is the man who was found dead in Salmo this morning.
It was suspected earlier, but investigators and the BC Coroners Service have now determined that the dead man is in fact the one who officers were searching for in connection the the Creston murders. We can appreciate this is not the outcome the victims’ families may have hoped for but we hope this news brings them comfort in their grief, said S/Sgt. Scott Ashenbrenner.
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January 7, 2021
RCMP hunt for suspect after two killed near Creston
The RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit has been deployed from Kelowna to take conduct of an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a man and a woman outside of Creston, as RCMP in the BC Southern Interior search for a man now being considered a homicide suspect.
On January 6, just after 7 p.m., Creston RCMP and emergency medical first responders were called to the Highway 3 pullout near the Summit Creek Bridge, west of Creston, for reports of a man and a woman in need of immediate medical assistance. Police learned that both victims had been stabbed by a suspect who reportedly fled the scene in a motor vehicle associated to one of the victims.
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