Three men have been arrested and charged following a double homicide and a kidnapping of a man from a home in East Vancouver on the weekend.
Vancouver police said they were called to an address on Dieppe Place near Dieppe Drive just before 10 p.m. on Saturday. VPD Acting Sgt. Brian Montague said the initial call came in as an abduction and when they entered the home, officers found the bodies of a man and woman.
Officers also found a four-year-old child, who was hiding but uninjured. The victims have been identified as 24-year-old Xuan Vanvy Bacao and 29-year-old Samantha Le.
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After gathering evidence, police found that along with the two murders, a man had also been kidnapped from the home.
Police believe the murders and abduction were targeted.
On Monday, police rescued the kidnap victim and arrested three men. Two innocent bystanders were injured in the VPD arrest with one person being sent to hospital.
The suspects were taken into custody where they currently remain.
On Wednesday, Shamil Amir Ali, 22, Harinam Ananda Cox, 21, and Gopal Figueredo, 24, were all charged with one count of: kidnap with intention to hold for ransom; confine without lawful authority; extortion and aggravated assault.
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Police are continuing to investigate as well as search for more suspects.
Samantha Le’s family have set up a GoFundMe account to help support Le’s daughter.
This is Vancouver’s sixth and seventh homicide of 2016.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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