WATCH: An appeal today from the surviving family for new information into a terrible crime in Prince Rupert that killed four members of the same family. Rumina Daya reports.
VANCOUVER – RCMP are renewing their call for tips in relation to a 25-year-old cold case–one police describe as a “senseless criminal act.”
In the early morning hours of Feb. 5, 1990, firefighters in Prince Rupert responded to a call at a mixed commercial/residential building. By the time they arrived, it was engulfed in flames.
Once investigators entered the building, they found four bodies on the fifth floor. The victims were all related–three generations of the same family.
Helga Rochon, her daughters Sherri and Pauline Rochon, and Pauline’s seven-month-old daughter, Kimberly, all died in the blaze.
From the Global BC archive: Watch earlier reporting of the Prince Rupert cold case
Police believe the fire was the work of an arsonist and renewed their plea for tips in an effort to solve this cold case.
“We don’t rest when these investigations take this long,” said RCMP Supt. Ward Lymburner.
Police also revealed that the family received an anonymous letter in 2011, but wouldn’t say what exactly was written in the letter.
Photos of the victims:
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