Vancouver/Lower Mainland Violent Deaths 2012
SELVIN KRISHNA
RCMP were called to Ridge Meadows Hospital around 2:30am where the victim was being treated after the fight, which occurred a short time earlier near the intersection of 223rd St & McIntosh Ave. The victim later died from his injuries. Selvin Krishna, 36, who made the province's most wanted car thief list for the first time in 2006 has been identified as the person who was murdered. May 13, 2012 Stabbing
ETHEL FENOTTI
Around 3:30am VPD received a call from a man asking for assistance at a suite on East 12th Ave. VPD members entered the apartment and during a search of the suite, they found an elderly woman deceased. The woman has been identified as 72 year old Ethel Fenotti. Her son Richard Glenn Shields, 50, is charged with second degree murder. VPD #5 May 10, 2012
NIRMAL BAINS
On May 5, 2012 at 10:30am a deceased 80 year old male was located by his wife in an outbuilding on their property in the 31700-block of Huntingdon Road. On May 7th, 2012 an autopsy was completed on the victim and it was determined that the he sustained injuries that are consistent with a homicide. The victim has been identified as 80 year old Nirmal Bains. IHIT File# 2012-1286 May 5, 2012 Senior was murdered Suspicious death
NOEL JACKSON
A 21-year-old man has been identified after a shooting in Surrey. Members of the Surrey RCMP were called to a residence on the 23434 70th Ave where in the basement they found Noel Jackson dead from gunshot wounds. (LM #17) May 3, 2012 Victim ID'd
RANJIT CHEEMA
Since returning from a California prison 3 months ago, longtime Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema had been trying to muscle his way back into the lucrative BC drug trade before he was gunned down Wednesday. In the process, Cheema disrespected some of his former underlings who have moved up in the business since the 43-year-old went to jail. Some close to Cheema, as well as police sources, believe recent disputes with old associates could have led to the gangland execution of the former south slope crime boss in front of his parents’ house on E 61st Ave. (Vancouver Sun) (LM #16) VPD #4 May 2, 2012 Life & times of Ranjit Cheema Gangster reported dead Gangster shot outside parents' home
THOMAS GISBY
50-year-old Thomas Gisby was shot twice at close range at a Starbucks in Nuevo Vallarta. Police say Gisby was the head of his own gang called the Gisby Crime Group and was involved in drug trafficking as well as other illegal activities for two decades. RCMP also considered Gisby BC's number one public safety threat this year. April 28, 2012 Competition Crime boss had claimed poverty Gunned down Alleged trafficker gunned down Retaliation fears Canadian shot
TASHINA RAE SUTHERLAND
Jessica Hanley, 23, faces second-degree murder charges in connection with the death of Tashina Rae Sutherland of Burnaby. Sutherland's body was found by Surrey RCMP early Thursday evening after police received a call that a woman in the 10600-block of 138 St needed medical attention. Sutherland, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene. (LM #15) IHIT File# 2012-1169 April 26, 2012 Arrest Woman killed
JUSTINE NETHANIEL PO
On April 18, 2012 at approximately 1:10pm the Richmond RCMP received a 911 call of shots fired. The shooting occurred at the intersection of Katsura Street and Ferndale Road outside of an apartment complex and Police believe that after the shooting the male suspect entered a vehicle and fled the area. The male victim has been identified as 36 year old Richmond resident, Justine Nethaniel Po. Justine Nethaniel Po is the second person involved in the murder of Lotus Gang boss Raymond Chan to be murdered in Richmond. His co-accused Mark James Thrower was shot to death at his apartment in February 2005 - the same day he was to go to trial for killing the high-profile gangster in May 2003. (LM #14) IHIT File# 2012-1101 April 18, 2012 Homicide victim
DAVID BOURGEOIS
The RCMP were called to the 20700-block of River Road near Maple Ridge Elementary School at about 9am Friday after a body was discovered. The victim is 41 year old David Bourgeois. Mr. Bourgeois is known to police and appeared to be active in the drug trade. (LM #13) IHIT File# 2012-918 March 30, 2012 Body found
CHELSEA ROSE HOLDEN
Shortly after 6am on Monday March 19th, Vancouver Police responded to a call of a stabbing inside the Cobalt Hotel and found Chelsea Rose Holden, 28, inside who had been stabbed. She was rushed to hospital but died a short time later. At this early stage of the investigation it appears that the homicide may be the result of some type of altercation involving a number of people inside the hotel that escalated and resulted in Chelsea Holden being fatally stabbed. (LM #12) VPD #3 March 19, 2012 Victim ID'd Woman killed
JAN ARON KORINTH
Just after 11:00pm on Sat March 17, 2012, Surrey RCMP responded to a 911 from a male claiming he had been stabbed. Police and EHS attended the area however the victim was not immediately located. Several minutes later a call was received from a male in a residence in the 11000-block of 168th St requesting police attend for an apparent attack on the tenant in the basement suite. Evidence inside the residence suggested a significant struggle took place and a blood trail led officers to a nearby location where the body of Jan Aron Korinth, 26, was located. (LM #11) IHIT File#2012-772 March 17, 2012
KOREY TYLER KELLY
On March 09, 2012 just before 9:30pm the Langley RCMP received a 911 call of a man shot in the area of 16 Avenue and 272 Street. Langley RCMP were reroute when they were flagged down by two males at 24 Ave and 272 St. The two males led the officers to a vehicle where an unresponsive male was located. The deceased has been identified as Korey Tyler Kelly, 25. Apparently Kelly was part of a group trying to break into and rob a marijuana grow operation. (LM #10) IHIT File #2012-660 March 9, 2012 Shooting Shooting Man shot
KACEY ROGERS
On Sunday, just after 10:30pm, Kacey Rogers, 31, was fatally shot in his home in the 14000-block of Grosvenor Road. The shooting was witnessed by an 18-year-old woman who apparently lived with the victim in a duplex. Russell Bidesi, 21, of Surrey and Joshua Martinez, 19, of New Westminster were arrested on Feb 28 and charged with second-degree murder. Richmond resident, Fabian Lyde, 18, was arrested March 16 and is facing a weapons-related charge. (LM #9) Feb 26, 2012
JIMMY CHAU
On February 19, 2012 the APD responded to a 911 call in the 33600-block of Farmer Road for what appeared to be a body in a field. The body has been identified as an Edmonton gangster Jimmy Chau, 31. (LM #8) IHIT File#2012-465 Feb 19, 2012 Body identified Gangster killed
JENNY LE WONG
Jenny Le Wong, a 30 year old Vancouver mother of two is dead and her 31 year old ex-husband is in custody. Feb 14 at about 6pm, police were called to a basement suite in the 3400-block E Georgia St. Officers arrived to find that a woman had been shot and her family members, who had been in another part of the house at the time of the shooting, had not only disarmed "Andy" Long Phi Nguyen, but were holding him for police. (LM #7) VPD #2 Feb 14, 2012 Ex-husband charged Valentine's Day domestic dispute
JASMINE ONLAND
Police are only saying Jasmine Onland suffered critical injuries inside a home she rented in the 3200-block of E 8th Ave on Feb. 13. Feb 13, 2012 Mysterious death Grieving mom kept in the dark
BRANDON JAMES HOWSON
A man connected to the drug trade in Maple Ridge has been identified as the person who was found dead in a Pitt Meadows field on Tuesday. Brandon Howson, 26, was discovered by a passerby around 10:30am, lying face down in a cranberry field at the end of 224th St by 144th Ave. He lived nearby. Charged with Second Degree Murder is 33 year old Maple Ridge resident, Adam Deboo. (LM #6) IHIT File #2012-299 Jan 31, 2012 Victim identified Victim identified Victim known to police
JOHN ALEXANDER
On January 26, 2012 at 1:30pm the Richmond RCMP received a 911 call to attend the 11900-block of Aztec St. RCMP attended the scene and located two individuals, husband and wife, in medical distress. The male was pronounced deceased at the scene and the women was taken to the hospital to be treated as she was conscious but incoherent. Jo Anne Alexander, the wife of John Alexander, 61, who died of a head injury, has now been charged with second-degree murder. John Alexander had an extensive medical history including brain surgery to deal with epileptic seizures. His 61-year-old wife was his primary caregiver. The couple have two adult children, had been married for more than 40 years, and there was no history of violence between them. (LM #5) IHIT File #2012-241 Jan 26, 2012 Wife charged
SEAN BEAVER
Sean Beaver, is from Montreal and was not well-known to police in BC before he was targeted in the driveway of a house in the 13900-block of 56th Ave about 11pm Thursday. A second man shot Thursday and critically wounded is the sibling of Stephen Leone, a member of the Dhak-Duhre group who was fatally shot by a masked gunman Oct. 22, 2011. (LM #4) Jan 19, 2012 Victim identified Feud Targeted shooting Shooting
SANDIP 'Dip' DUHRE
A well-known gangster was killed in a targeted shooting at a busy downtown Vancouver restaurant Tuesday evening. Sandip "Dip" Duhre, one of the three Duhre brothers. In September, the Gang Task Force warned that anyone connected to the Duhre gang, which has taken control of the Fraser Valley drug trade, was subject to retaliation or to violence from other gangs. Vancouver police were called to the restaurant in the Sheraton Wall Centre at 1088 Burrard St shortly after 8:45pm. (LM #3) VPD #1 Jan 17, 2012 Feud
RYAN SAINT-ANGE
On Jan 14, 2012 Abbotsford Police Department attended the 27700-block of 56th Ave for a 911 call. The victim has been identified as 21 year old Ryan Saint-Ange. Ryan was currently residing inside the home where he was found deceased. Robert Adam Van-Dusen, 26, of Aldergrove is charged with second-degree murder. Abbotsford resident Shayne Vauthrin, 26, was charged with second-degree murder after turning himself in to police on Feb 19 when investigators identified him as a person of interest. (LM #2) IHIT File #2012-140 Jan 14, 2012 Man charged Victim identified Man found dead
PATRICK MARTIN
On Jan 11, 2012 just after 8:00am the Surrey RCMP received a 911 call to attend the rear alley of the 12800-block of 92A Ave in Surrey for what appeared to be an unconscious male lying in the alley. BCAS transported the male to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after 3:00pm. Patrick Martin, 41, of Surrey, appears to have sustained injuries consistent with a homicide and IHIT has taken conduct of the investigation. (LM #1) IHIT File #2012-0092 Jan 11, 2012 Victim identified