Saanich Police continue to investigate a BԪַsuspiciousBԪַ death some 24 hours after the discovery of a female body in Rutledge Park.
BԪַUntil we can determine how this lady died and who she is, we are treating it as suspicious,BԪַ said Sgt. Julie Fast.
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Fast, however, did not offer any additional details about this incident beyond what police released Monday morning. BԪַThere is no update on this file as of yet,BԪַ she said Tuesday morning.
Doug Kitson frequents Rutledge Park to play Pokémon and first spotted the deceased woman at 650am but thought she was asleep. Came by later and she was still on bench. With no shoes.
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Fast said yesterday the identity of the woman, as well as the cause of her death remain unknown.
BԪַThis morning some [people] were walking through Rutldge Park and noticed an unresponsive female, they called us and we arrived around 8:30 a.m.,BԪַ Fast said Monday. BԪַShe was pronounced dead then.BԪַ
Saanich resident Doug Kitson, who frequents Rutledge Park to play Pokémon, first spotted the deceased woman at 6:50 a.m., but thought that she was asleep. He said a blanket covered the woman, who was not wearing shoes. When he returned later Monday morning, she was still there, he said.
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