Tarps surround the front entrance to a home in Maple Ridge that is now being investigated by the RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigative Team, (IHIT).
Police tape cuts off access to the cul-de-sac at the corner of Gillis Place and Harrison Street, where two Ridge Meadows RCMP police cruisers were sitting Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, along with vehicles belonging to the Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service's forensics team.
Forensics investigators could be seen entering and exiting the house, one carrying a clipboard and another a camera.
A neighbourhood resident said the home had always been rental and he knows of two women who are currently living at the property.
He said there was a dog at the property that was always barking and noisy, with neighbours sometimes yelling out their windows to quiet the dog.
The resident said the property had been unusually quiet lately and said for the past couple of day he noticed one to two police vehicles, both marked and unmarked, sitting outside the home.
The forensics tent, he said, just went up today (Wednesday, Aug. 27).
Tisha Parsons with the Ridge Meadows RCMP said police were on scene at that location for an ongoing missing person investigation.
She confirmed IHIT has assumed conduct of the investigation and will be working in partnership with Ridge Meadows RCMP.
"As criminality has been suspected, the area surrounding the scene will be cordoned off for a significant amount of time," said Parsons.
"Police are currently in the evidence gathering phase; no further information will be provided at this time," she added.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation can call the IHIT information line at: 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or email: ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
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