Kamloops RCMP crack cold case

Nov 27, 2015 | 11:21 AM

KAMLOOPS — Six years after a terrifying sexual assault in Kamloops’ McArthur Island Park, a suspect has finally been charged. 

Kamloops RCMP Corporal Cheryl Bush says the sex assault happened on Remembrance Day, 2009. “The male allegedly picked up the victim on Tranquille Road, and offered to drive her home. While en route to drive her home the male took her into McArthur Island Park, presented a firearm and sexually assault her before departing in the vehicle.”

Kamloops RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit investigators kept the file alive until they finally made a breakthrough.