No arrests one year after Taig Savage was beaten to death at Penticton high school

The Penticton RCMP is renewing its call to the public to help solve the mystery of who killed Taig Savage.

The 22-year-old man was found badly beaten outside of Penticton Secondary School during the early hours of Sept. 5, 2021. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital shortly after.

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With the one year anniversary of Savage’s death approaching and no arrests, the RCMP reminds the public that a “fulsome investigation” is still underway.

Support from the local community has been “significant,” the RCMP say, and further avenues of investigation are still be followed.

Anybody with information that can assist the investigation is asked to call the Penticton RCMP at 250-492-4300.


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Dan Walton

Before joining the ranks of InfoTel, Dan’s byline could be found in newspapers in Penticton, Peachland and Oliver. Prior to his arrival in the South Okanagan, he first sharpened his chops as a reporter at a radio station in Brighton, Ontario, and then newspapers in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, and Invermere B.C.
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