The dying of a person in Brampton has been deemed suspicious, and Peel Regional Police’s murder bureau has taken carriage of the investigation.
Officers arrived on the house on Lord Simcoe Drive, within the space of Dixie Highway and Williams Parkway, at round 5:40 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a medical help name.
An officer is pictured behind police tape at a house in Brampton the place one individual was discovered deceased Wednesday October 9 2024.
Police mentioned a person was situated within the residence with out important indicators and was shortly pronounced deceased.
“Our homicide bureau, they have been monitoring the situation since yesterday. What I can tell you today is our homicide bureau has taken the carriage of this investigation,” Const. Moulika Sharma informed reporters on Thursday afternoon.
“This is being treated as a suspicious death.”
The id of the sufferer has not been launched. Sharma mentioned a postmortem examination had been scheduled to find out the reason for dying.
“We don’t know if it is an accidental death, a murder or just medical,” she mentioned.
“The circumstances relevant to the death of the victim that is a part of our investigation, and we are looking at the details, which is why our investigators, they will be looking to execute the warrant at the house to locate for evidence or any other information.”
Police are on the scene of a suspicious dying in Brampton on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (CP24/Beatrice Vaisman)
Sharma confirmed that one individual was taken into custody on Wednesday and subsequently taken to the hospital as a precaution.
She mentioned that individual had been launched unconditionally attributable to inadequate proof presently.
It’s unclear if the person is being thought of as an individual of curiosity within the case. Sharma mentioned police consider it was an remoted incident and there’s no risk to public security.
“We do not have any other suspect information at this time; however, our homicide bureau they are canvassing the area to gather any evidence,” she mentioned.
