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By Victor Kaisar

70 Mile House Homicide

Vancouver man facing second-degree murder charge connected to 2021 death in 70 Mile House

Mar 8, 2025 | 4:06 PM

70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. — RCMP say a 64-year-old Vancouver man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the 2021 death of a man in 70 Mile House.

In a news release Saturday (March 8), the Southeast District Major Crime Unit says Chinh Duc Vu was arrested on Friday and charged with the death of 52-year-old The-Thanh (Ted) Nguyen.

Nguyen was found unresponsive by Clinton RCMP officers who responded to a house in the 2600 block of Komori Road in 70 Mile House on Dec. 26, 2021. According to police, Nguyen was found lying at the threshold of an outbuilding, where he was pronounced dead.

Police also said that a suspect was arrested as he fled south through Clinton, about 30 kilometres south of 70 Mile House. That suspect was released the following day without charge, pending the conclusion of the investigation.

At the time, police said the then 62-year-old suspect was known to the victim, and that there was no ongoing risk to the general public.

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“The securing of charge approval was the culmination of the tireless efforts involving investigators from the Southeast District Major Crime Unit, BC RCMP Forensic Identification Services, E-Division Headquarters and the Burnaby RCMP” RCMP Staff Sgt. Jason Smart of the Southeast District Major Crime Unit said.

Vu is being held in custody and is scheduled to make a court appearance on April 3 in Kamloops.