Tuesday, February 3, 2026
ADVT 
National

Police release names of victims in Abbotsford double homicide

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Feb, 2025 06:16 PM
  • Police release names of victims in Abbotsford double homicide

Police have released the names of the two victims in an Abbotsford double homicide in January.

A statement from the province's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says police responded to a vehicle fire in Sumas Mountain Regional Park on Jan. 3 and found a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander engulfed in flames.

Police say human remains were found inside the vehicle after the fire was put out.

Investigators have identified the victims as 44-year-old Christopher Carter and 48-year-old Sandy Raposo of the Lower Mainland area.

The homicide investigation team says it is releasing the names of the victims to help advance the investigation.

Police say investigators believe the deaths were an isolated incident with no ongoing risk to the public.

Police have released the names of the two victims in an Abbotsford, B.C., double homicide in January.

A statement from the province's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says police responded to a vehicle fire in Sumas Mountain Regional Park on Jan. 3 and found a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander engulfed in flames.

Police say human remains were found inside the vehicle after the fire was put out.

Investigators have identified the victims as 44-year-old Christopher Carter and 48-year-old Sandy Raposo of the Lower Mainland area.

The homicide investigation team says it is releasing the names of the victims to help advance the investigation.

Police say investigators believe the deaths were an isolated incident with no ongoing risk to the public.

 

MORE National ARTICLES

Armed man arrested in Vancouver after barricading himself in taxi

Armed man arrested in Vancouver after barricading himself in taxi
Vancouver Police say more than 25 officers and its K9 unit were deployed in the city's downtown Thursday night to arrest an armed suspect who was wanted Canada-wide on parole violations. They say that a police sergeant was on patrolling around 7 p.m. when a witness flagged him over to report a man with a gun entering a building near Seymour and Nelson streets.

Armed man arrested in Vancouver after barricading himself in taxi

Police ask for help in probe of B.C. woman's death in fall from a truck

Police ask for help in probe of B.C. woman's death in fall from a truck
The RCMP's major crime unit is asking for the public's help in investigating the death of a woman almost a month ago in Trail. Police say 38-year-old Laura Morrison was the front passenger in a 2023 white Ford F-150 late on Jan. 9 when she reportedly fell from the moving vehicle.

Police ask for help in probe of B.C. woman's death in fall from a truck

Trump's choice for chief trade negotiator says tariff threat is about fentanyl

Trump's choice for chief trade negotiator says tariff threat is about fentanyl
Jamieson Greer, Trump's choice for U.S. trade representative, told his Senate confirmation hearing that America doesn't want to see another fentanyl death. He said the president would be acting within his powers if he imposed steep duties on Canadian imports.

Trump's choice for chief trade negotiator says tariff threat is about fentanyl

B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking

B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking
A "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists in British Columbia are being diverted, and prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally, a Ministry of Health investigative unit says.

B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking

MPs reject Trump's idea of clearing out Gaza as Israeli minister points to Canada

MPs reject Trump's idea of clearing out Gaza as Israeli minister points to Canada
Canadian politicians are pushing back on the idea of clearing Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip as an Israeli minister suggests some of them could be sent to Canada. The previous day, U.S. President Donald Trump stunned leaders across the Middle East and beyond when he suggested that the territory be cleared out and made into a U.S.-owned resort destination.

MPs reject Trump's idea of clearing out Gaza as Israeli minister points to Canada

Ottawa, provinces should discuss possibility of west-east oil pipeline: Wilkinson

Ottawa, provinces should discuss possibility of west-east oil pipeline: Wilkinson
Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Ottawa and the provinces should discuss the possibility of an oil pipeline to Eastern Canada to improve energy security and diversify trade. Wilkinson said Thursday that United States President Donald Trump's tariff threats have exposed "vulnerabilities" in the Canadian economy, including in the energy sector. 

Ottawa, provinces should discuss possibility of west-east oil pipeline: Wilkinson