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Police investigating suspicious death in Maple Ridge
John Ackermann MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS1130) | Friday, February 27th, 2009 7:45 am
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MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS1130) - Mounties in Maple Ridge confirm a crash that happened yesterday afternoon is being treated as a suspicious death.
Police got a call around 1:30 about a car lying upside-down in a ditch near 132nd Avenue and 216th Street.
Neighbours reported hearing shots fired just before, and when police pulled out the vehicle, they found it filled with bullet holes.
The body of a man was also recovered and police plan to release more information later today.
Investigators say it's still to early to link this case to drugs or gangs.
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This murder on the surface appears strange. A 30-year-old Abbotsford man not known to police ends up dead - likely shot - in a rural Maple Ridge setting. He was driving someone else's vehicle - the owner was a woman. People heard what they thought were shots overnight Wednesday and police are checking those reports out to see if they are linked to the death.
But the man's body was not discovered until 1:30 p.m. Thursday when someone noticed the white SUV in the ditch upside down. It looked like a tragic accident, but ended up being another murder - after a few days of calm.
It is a little thin on details, but hopefully we will get more through the weekend. Regardless, there is yet another family no doubt reeling after getting the news of the murder.
Also....
One of the bullet proof cars that belonged to the bacon brothers;
From a distance, the Bacon Brothers' BMW seems like any other black luxury sedan.
But a view from underneath gives up some dark secrets. Note the steel plating boted to the bottom of the vehicle.
This hatch designed to allow drivers to transport skis in the trunk has been welded closed in the Bacon version.
Side windows are plated with steel behind the bulletproof glass.. just in case.
Bulletproof glass laid on its side with a dollar coin to demonstrate the thickness of the material designed to protect the Bacon Brothers from gunfire.
More steel plates from the bottom-side of the Bacon Brothers' bulletproof beemer.
On the inside of the car, more sheet metal is installed and covered with leather to make it appear like the rest of the interior.