Police investigating suspicious death at Kamloops motel

KAMLOOPS – Police aren't saying much about a suspicious death inside an Aberdeen motel yesterday.

Around 11:30 a.m., Aug. 27, Kamloops RCMP were called to the Super 8 Motel on Hugh Allan Drive to investigate a suspicious death.

"The RCMP Serious Crime Unit and B.C. Coroners Service are currently investigating," Staff Sgt. Edward Preto says in a release.

Preto says the case is in the very early stages and there is no further information to release at this time.

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-This story was updated at 11:20 a.m. Aug. 28 to include new photos. 


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Ashley Legassic

Ashley was born and raised in B.C., and recently moved to Kamloops from Vancouver. She pursued her diploma in journalism at Langara College and graduated in 2015. She got her start as an overnight writer for the Morning News on Global B.C. After spending a year there, she decided to follow her passion and joined iNFOnews.ca as a reporter covering court, cops and crime in Kamloops. If you have a story you think people should know about, email her at alegassic@infonews.ca.


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