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.
Police say it happened just before 9:30 Tuesday night. Investigators say the victim and his attacker had some sort of altercation while on the bus, not far from the King George SkyTrain station.
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VPD officers were working in the area and arrested the suspect nearby. Darren Thomey, 34, has been charged with one count of assault. The victim was taken to hospital by ambulance.