Police say the man whose body was found buried deep under the floor of garage in Edmonton’s Alberta Avenue has been identified as Derek James Winnig, 42.
Human remains were found beneath the floor of a garage near 118 Avenue and 96 Street on Sept. 29.
Winnig was reported missing to police in May.
Investigators are treating the death as a homicide and therefore have decided to release his name and photo.
The cause of death, however, is not being released at this time.
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A forensic examination was carried out in late September at the garage of the home in the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood, which police said was known to them.
The home was built in 1944, according to the City of Edmonton, and police said the garage was aging and the floor broken up.
“It’s such an old garage, that the cement was either broken up or was breaking up, was coming apart,” explained Edmonton Police Service spokesman Scott Pattison.
“And so they excavated that, brought in a tractor or whatever they use to pull up that particular cement, and then they would have dug down and to the area they suspected.”
Police recovered the remains about seven feet down in the ground.
Police are asking anyone with information about this homicide or anyone who has frequented that address in the last year to call them.
— With files from Karen Bartko
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