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Four Men Charged After Body Found In North Vancouver Neighbourhood

The Canadian Press, 01 Oct, 2015 11:20 AM

VANCOUVER — Homicide investigators say charges have been laid against four men following the discovery of a man's body in North Vancouver. B.C.

Mounties investigating an alleged kidnapping found the body of the unidentified man along a residential road in the city on Tuesday.

Sgt. Stephanie Ashton says 23-year-old Tian Zhang and 21-year-old Casey Hiscoe are charged with kidnapping and committing an indignity to a body.

Ashton says 20-year-old Dyllan Green and 18-year-old Jacob Gorelik are charged with committing an indignity to a body.

She says police aren't releasing the name of the dead man for "investigative reasons," but calls the incident was targeted.

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