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Body found inside burned vehicle in Langley: IHIT

Darpan News Desk IHIT, 21 Jul, 2021 10:34 AM

On July 20th, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Langley RCMP was called to the 8200 block of 197 Street after a report of a vehicle fire was received. Once the fire was extinguished, a body was located inside the burned red Ford F-150 pickup.

The area surrounding the scene will be cordoned off for a significant amount of time.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has assumed conduct of the investigation and has not determined at this time if the event is linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.

IHIT called to Langleyhttps://t.co/Yq0BzWYeVS pic.twitter.com/ob7JGQVcJp
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) July 21, 2021

Additionally, investigators ask motorists in the area to review any dash camera footage to see if they may have captured events connected to this incident.

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