ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A missing persons investigation that began early Friday afternoon in Abbotsford, B.C., ended with the man's body found in his home.
B.C.'s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has confirmed that 32-year-old Sukhpreet Grewal of Abbotsford was found dead Friday evening.
The team says in a statement that the Abbotsford Police Department was called in early Friday afternoon by a family member who reported Grewal missing.
Once his death was confirmed as a homicide, IHIT took control of the case.
#IHIT confirming 32 y/o Sukhpreet Grewal of #Abbotsford was victim of homicide. He was found dead earlier today in his home in 3100-block Consort Crt. Contact #IHIT w/ info. pic.twitter.com/EuUvdAm1HG
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) July 21, 2018
Cpl. Frank Jang of IHIT says in a release that investigators believe people who knew Grewal will be able to help them solve his murder.
IHIT says they believe Grewal's slaying was a targeted attack, and that a forensic investigation in conjunction with the Abbotsford Police Department and the B.C. Coroners Service is underway.
Abbotsford is about an hour's drive southeast of Vancouver, in B.C.'s Fraser Valley.
