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Police investigate Vancouver's 9th homicide of 2023

A body was found at a vacant property in East Vancouver.
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A body was found June 21, 2023 at a vacant property in East Vancouver. The VPD has deemed the death a homicide.

Vancouver police are investigating a homicide in East Vancouver -- the city's ninth of 2023.

According to the VPD, a body was found in a vacant property near Renfrew Street and East 8th Avenue just before 10 p.m. on June 21. Officers were called by a passerby who discovered the remains.

No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing but anyone with information is asked to call VPD’s Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500.