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Homicide Team Releases Profile Of Suspected Killer Of Burnaby, B.C., Teen Marrisa Shen

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Apr, 2018 12:14 PM
    SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators will release an update today into the murder of a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl whose body was found in a park near her home last summer.
     
     
    The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a news release that its members have consulted with the RCMP's behavioural sciences group to develop a profile of Marrisa Shen's killer.
     
     
    The profile suggests the unknown attacker likely lived near Central Park, where Shen's body was found just hours after she was reported missing on July 18, 2017.
     
     
     
     
    Police say the suspect may also have unexpectedly moved from area after the death, uncharacteristically avoided the park, withdrew from social activities, paid close attention to media coverage of the girl's death and changed his or her pattern of drug or alcohol use.
     
     
    Cpl. Frank Jang says there is still strong public interest in the case and anyone who recognizes the characteristics or behaviours in someone they know should contact police. 
     
     
     
     
    The profile is the latest effort to solve the murder after the homicide team launched a website in January containing details of the investigation with all available video clips of Shen's movements before she disappeared.
     
     
    A statement said he or she may have behaved in the following ways after the teen's death:
     
    Moved unexpectedly, permanently or temporarily
     
    Uncharacteristically avoided the Central Park area
     
    Withdrew from family or social activities
     
    Missed work or scheduled appointments
     
    Showed suicidal gestures or made attempts
     
    Seemed particularly interested in media coverage releated to Shen's death
     
    Increased or decreased their use of drugs and/or alcohol
     
    IHIT Cpl. Frank Jang said there is still strong public interest in the case and anyone who recognizes the characteristics or behaviours in someone they know or knew should contact police.
     
     
    "This was a random attack. I know that's unsettling to all of us,'' he told reporters on Tuesday.

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