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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
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Tasty celebration
The aptly named Justin McIntosh prepared apples for sampling during the Heritage Apple Day held Saturday at Derby Reach Regional Park. Inset left – one-year-old Morgan Friesen munched on a few apples. Inset right – Eagan Nichol had fun in a straw pile. The heritage apples used came from local trees and orchards and represented varieties that can’t be found in local supermarkets. The annual celebration of apples was put on by the Derby Reach-Brae Island Park Association, which also sponsored the event along with Metro Vancouver Regional Parks, Pacific Parklands Foundation, Langley Township, and Tim Hortons.
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Man died trying to break into home
The dead man in an Aldergrove homicide investigation was trying to break into a house, according to the police. by Matthew Claxton
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A death in Aldergrove may not be a murder, according to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. Two men arrested Wednesday night have been released and police now say the dead man was trying to break into a local home. On Oct. 1, just before 8:30 p.m., Langley RCMP were called to a house in the 27500 block of 32nd Avenue, said Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound, an IHIT spokesperson. Officers found an unconscious man at the scene, and he was rushed to hospital but later pronounced dead. Two men were arrested at the scene.
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Police are on the scene of a murder in Aldergrove. Pound said the victim, who initially was not identified, is 51year-old Clayton Marr. The investigation so far has shown that Marr had broken into one of the two homes at the end of the street near the AbbotsfordLangley border.
A homeowner and a neighbour from the next house then tried to catch and restrain Marr until the police could arrive. Marr passed out before the police got to the house, said Pound. Further evidence gathered since
the incident does not support laying charges at this time, Pound said. The two residents of the street have both been released. IHIT had previously said that neither man had a criminal record. An autopsy on Marr, along with toxicology tests, was being completed Friday to determine the exact cause of death, said Pound. The death on Wednesday was one of two that took place within a few hours, including a murder in Richmond. With a recent spate of killings, IHIT released some statistics on the number and suspected motives of murders this year. IHIT is currently investigating 43 deaths since Jan. 1, 2014. Of those, 21 per cent were thought to be related to organized crime. During the same period in 2013, from Jan 1 to Sept. 30, 41 per cent of IHIT files were suspected of being linked to organized crime. The majority of 2014 investigations have been related to other motives, including fights, domestic disputes, and other, according to Pound.