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Saanich police continue to investigate BԪַsuspiciousBԪַ death in park

Identity and cause of death of a woman found in Rutledge Park remain unknown
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Saanich Police work in Rutledge Park after the discovery of a dead woman in the morning hours of Jan. 28. Saanich Police consider the death BԪַsuspiciousBԪַ but have released no additional details. (Black Press File)

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.

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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About the Author: Wolf Depner

I joined the national team with Black Press Media in 2023 from the Peninsula BԪַ Review, where I had reported on Vancouver Island's Saanich Peninsula since 2019.
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