Police have identified the victim in a homicide in Pitt Meadows this week as 31-year-old Randy Semotiuk.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released his name today in hopes the public will come forward with more information.
Police say the unhoused man from Maple Ridge had not been seen for several days, prompting a search from the R-C-M-P.
Officers later found Semotiuk on Lougheed Highway, just west of the Golden Ears Bridge.
Officers responded to West Pender and Carrall Street shortly after midnight and discovered a man who was deceased. The victim has not yet been identified and no arrests have been made.
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The survivor has life-threatening injuries, but police say the public is not believed to be at risk. IHIT is trying to determine if the tripped alarm and triggered sprinklers could be linked to the case.