Autopsy should reveal more about murder

Investigators should have a better idea how Warren Welters died Sunday.

A pathologist was preparing to conduct an autopsy Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesman said. The procedure may provide clues that lead to his killer.

More than three days have passed since the 51-yearold Kelowna man was found dead in his upstairs suite in a house on Bernard Avenue.

Police have interviewed several people, including those who found his body Sunday, but have made no arrests.

Relatives have travelled to Kelowna to take care of Welters’ affairs. He leaves two adult daughters and an older brother.

Welters worked as a first-aid attendant at Prospera Place for several years. Employed by International Crown Management, he provided first-aid to people attending concerts and hockey games.

“He was a kind gentleman. He treated people with respect. He was always good to me. I don’t have anything bad to say about him,” said Becky Secord, a first-aid attendant who worked with Welters for two years.

Secord cried when she heard he’d been killed. She’d lost touch with him in the last few years, but remembered him fondly.

“I felt very highly of Warren. He was a good person. It hit me hard,” she said.

She doesn’t know how he died and wants to respect the family’s privacy. She keeps in touch with his daughter Ashley, who worked with her at Prospera Place and now lives in Alberta.

“It’s a loss,” Secord said. “I can’t imagine how (the daughters) would feel knowing their dad was murdered. That has to be very difficult.”

RCMP are asking people with information about the case to call police.