Police in Abbotsford have charged a 46-year-old local man in relation to a homicide in the city earlier this week.
Abbotsford Police say Chancal Badwal was arrested after evidence obtained at the scene of the crime on July 18th led investigators to the suspect.
Sixty-two-year-old Imtiaz Hussain of Abbotsford was found dead in the 31-thousand block of Madiera Place in Abbotsford on that day.
Investigators say the incident is isolated and the two men knew each other.
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The suspect is described as a Caucasian female, approximately 30-35 year old, slim build, 5’7 tall with long brown hair. She was last seen wearing red baseball hat (backward), red t-shirt with gold 23 logo, a grey long sleeve shirt underneath and baggy black pants.
The BC Prosecution Service says Robert Riley Saunders pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000, breach of trust in connection with his duties as a child protection worker and causing the province to act on a forged document.
The Mounties say that the motorcyclist passed a police vehicle before the collision. They say the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia is looking into whether police actions are linked to the man's death.