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Body Of Male Found By Worker In Abbotsford Blueberry Field

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 May, 2016 12:12 PM
    ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Homicide investigators have been called to Abbotsford, B.C. after a body was found Wednesday in a rural blueberry field.
     
    Abbotsford police Sgt. Judy Bird says a farm workers made the discovery just before 5 p.m. (at Boundary and No. 3 Roads).
     
    Bird says while the death appears suspicious, the investigation is in the early stage and little else is known at this point.
     
    The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been contacted and will take over the investigation.
     
    Police say the body is that of an unidentified male.

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