Suspect charged with second-degree murder in death of woman in Vancouver home
VANCOUVER – A 28-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman in a Vancouver home.
Brian Whitlock was arrested early Sunday, several hours after police say he barricaded himself in a house on the city’s west side.
Const. Brian Montague says small fires were lit in the home before Whitlock was taken into custody and that mental illness may be involved.
He says the woman’s body was discovered by a relative on Saturday night.
Whitlock is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday.
In April 2013, he pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge after beating his dog with a baseball bat.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story; fixes last name of suspect
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