Two teens found dead were targeted: RCMP
EDMONTON • The killing of a teenage couple from Whitefish River First Nation was targeted, and police know how the victims and perpetrators were connected, RCMP Insp. Gibson Glavin said Thursday.
The bodies of Dylan Laboucan, 17, and Cory Grey, 19, were discovered in the High Prairie area earlier this week, after the couple went missing from their home on Whitefish River First Nation on Saturday night. Autopsies conducted Wednesday determined both teens died of gunshot wounds.
“This is a small community where people are well known to each other, and people who enter the community from outside are also well-recognized when they come in. So it is not a random act. These two victims, Cory and Dylan, were deliberately killed by someone or some people and they were connected with them in some way,” Glavin said, speaking at RCMP headquarters in Edmonton.
Glavin said investigators may or may not have specific individuals in mind, and would not specify what the connection is between Laboucan and Grey and the person or people who killed them. He said that information is a “key element” in the investigation.
Louis Grey said he and his wife first learned something was wrong late Saturday night when they got a text from Laboucan’s mother that the youth had been found unconscious.
Grey said the person who found Laboucan claimed he was bloody and rushed off to phone for help, but when he returned, Laboucan was missing.
Glavin said the man who initially found the unconscious youth is being helpful to the investigation.
He also declined to answer questions about the nature of the gunshot injuries, the weapons used, or the disposition of the bodies, saying that revealing such details could compromise the investigation.
No suspects had been arrested as of Thursday.
The teens went missing from the home in the small community where they lived with Laboucan’s family.
Laboucan’s body was discovered Monday evening by a community search party. Grey’s body was recovered Tuesday afternoon.