‘The motive remains a mystery’: IHIT investigating death of notary public in Richmond
Posted October 19, 2019 3:13 am.
Last Updated October 20, 2019 2:06 pm.
RICHMOND (NEWS 1130) – A 58-year-old notary public was found dead in suspicious circumstances inside his Richmond business Friday evening and homicide investigators are combing through his client list and the crime scene searching for a motive.
Stephen Chong had “absolutely no record of any criminality,” according to Sgt. Frank Jang with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
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He was found around 5:30 p.m. Friday in his office, which is in a plaza near No. 3 Road and Granville Avenue
BREAKING: A Richmond notary, Stephen Chong, has been identified as the person found dead inside a Richmond business Friday night, says @HomicideTeam. @CityNewsVAN @NEWS1130 @BT_Vancouver pic.twitter.com/k08D2LFyKy
— Ashley Grace Burr (@AshleyBurr_) October 19, 2019
“There are things at the scene, that we can’t go into detail about at this time, that certainly led the officers to believe that IHIT should be involved in this investigation,” Jang explains.
“We are working hard to determine exactly what happened to him. Learning about who he met up with, who he was going to meet up with yesterday are all important details.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551- IHIT (4448)
ICYMI: A 58-year-old notary public was found dead in “suspicious circumstances” inside his #RichmondBC business Friday. @HomicideTeam is now investigating. @CityNewsVAN @NEWS1130 @BT_Vancouver pic.twitter.com/8iBExGoZ40
— Ashley Grace Burr (@AshleyBurr_) October 20, 2019
