An autopsy conducted on a badly burned body discovered in a wooded area of North Vancouver last month has revealed that the homicide victim was a woman.
But police have still not identified the person whose body was discovered in a shelter along a trail near Lynn Creek Nov. 28.
Cpl. Meghan Foster, spokeswoman for the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said investigators are now calling in an anthropologist to help interpret tests that could lead to further information about the woman’s identity.
That could take a number of weeks, she said.
The homicide team was called out after the grisly discovery was made off Bridgman North Trail in a densely wooded area near East Keith Road and Mountain Highway by a regular trail user.
Until the victim is identified it’s difficult to know what might have led up to that person’s death, said Foster.
She said investigators did receive calls from the public after they asked to speak with anyone who had been on the trails in that area between Nov. 25 and Nov. 28.
No further information has been released, including whether or not investigators have confirmed a cause of death in the case.
