VERNON — Children at Okanagan Landing Elementary School discovered a dead body in their school yard Monday morning. RCMP say the death was a suicide.
“We believe it to be a person who was reported missing [Sunday] evening who made indications of his intentions,” says Gordon Molendyk, Spokesperson for the Vernon/North Okanagan RCMP.
Much of the school yard is behind police tape and children are being kept inside the school to prevent them from seeing the scene.
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“At no time were the children in danger,” says Molendyk. “The lock down was to protect the children from seeing the body.”
The coroner is on scene.
~ with files from Megan Turcato
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