Many questions remain for police

The Regina Police Service, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner, is continuing to investigate a death that appears to be suspicious.

At about 9 p.m. on Friday, police were dispatched to a house in the 1100 block of Cameron Street to investigate a report of a deceased person.

Police located the body of a person and requested that the coroner and Major Crimes and Forensic Identification investigators attend the scene.

At this point in the investigation, police don’t have the information they need to be able to determine the age, gender or identity of the deceased person, said Elizabeth Popowich, RPS spokeswoman.

“I know that sounds very unusual, maybe even improbable in some people’s minds, and yet to get into more of an explanation or to try to speculate as to why that’s so, our investigators feel at this stage that it really does jeopardize what may possibly be a criminal case,” she said.

She noted one of the goals in any criminal investigation is to try to determine who is responsible and hold that person accountable.

“We do feel that it is a suspicious death,” Popowich said. “If there’s a possibility that someone had a hand in this person’s death, they don’t want to risk the success of the case and by success I mean the probability of holding someone accountable.”

She said when the identity, age and gender of the deceased person have been confirmed, that information will be released as soon as possible.

“They are working diligently on that because we all recognize that the discovery of a deceased person not only raises anxiety among the general public, but particularly it’s an anxious time for families of persons who are missing,” Popowich said. “At this stage, we don’t have a confirmation of any connection to any long-term or outstanding missing persons cases. If, and when, that happens, we will be in touch with those families as soon as possible.”

The police is requesting anyone who can assist in the investigation to contact the Regina Police Service at 777-6500 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.