The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating after the body of a man previously reported missing was found in shallow waters of Lynn Creek Sunday morning.
A dog walker spotted the body around 9:30 a.m. near a train bridge close to Harbourview Park, just west of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.
On Monday, IHIT investigators confirmed the identity of the dead man as 34-year-old Jastinder Athwal.
Police said an autopsy is being completed to determine the cause the death and whether or not foul play is considered a factor.
In a Twitter posting earlier Sunday, IHIT described the death as “suspicious.”
Last week, North Vancouver RCMP requested the public’s assistance in locating Athwal, as he had not been seen by family or friends since May 19 and was considered a missing person. IHIT investigators are asking anyone with information about Athwal’s whereabouts after May 19 to call the IHIT tipline at 1-877-551-4448.
Athwal was reportedly last seen in Lynn Valley.
In December, IHIT investigators were called out after the body of another man, 22-year-old Cameron Leon, was discovered in North Vancouver’s Mosquito Creek, near Fell Avenue and 17th Street. At the time of his death, police had been searching for Leon after he failed to return to a Vancouver halfway house.
