Approximate location of the suspicious death (Image Credit: Google Maps)

By James Peters

Suspicious Death

One in custody as RCMP probe suspicious death in home near Adams Lake

Apr 28, 2021 | 1:25 PM

ADAMS LAKE, B.C. — A man has been arrested after the suspicious death of a woman in a home near Adams Lake.

In a news release, RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey says Chase RCMP members were called to a home in the 8600-block of Holding Road just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday (Apr. 27).

First responders discovered a woman dead inside the home. She has since been identified as a 60-year-old woman.

Mounties on scene took a man into custody in relation to the death, though Southeast District Major Crime Unit Commander Staff Sgt. Scott Aschenbrenner says investigators have not yet concluded the death was a homicide.

“[A]lthough a full determination surrounding criminality has not yet been made, the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death are being considered suspicious in nature at this time,” said Aschenbrenner in the release.

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The man in custody is well-known to the victim. Aschenbrenner says there is not believed to be any risk to the public.

Anyone with more information on the incident is asked to contact RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit at 1 (877) 987-8477.