Remains found floating in recycling bin off Vancouver’s Kits Point identified
Posted October 28, 2020 3:47 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Human remains found in a large recycling bin, floating in the water off Kits Point earlier this month have been identified as those of a 57-year-old Vancouver man.
The Vancouver Police Department’s Major Crime Unit is investigating the murder of Douglas Wanke.
The Canadian Coast Guard recovered the blue bin after multiple calls from people on the water around 11 a.m. on Oct. 18.
.@VancouverPD have identified the victim of the city’s 15th murder as 57-year-old Douglas Wanke of Vancouver.
His body was found in a large recycling bin in the water off of Kits Point on Oct. 18.
Background:https://t.co/vhxtOkSxnj— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel1130) October 28, 2020
Vancouver Police and the BC Coroner’s Service attended and determined that the remains in the bin were human.
Investigators ask anyone with information about Wanke’s death to call homicide detectives at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
