Two days after asking for help identifying a homicide victim who was found dead on a rural road on the southwestern outskirts of Edmonton, police said they figured out who he was.
The man’s body was found last week in the ditch beside Township Road 510A (near Range Road 255A), which leads down to the Rabbit Hill Snow Resort in the North Saskatchewan River valley near Devon.
Police did not release further information Friday about the man or the circumstances that may have led to his death.
An autopsy took place Tuesday at the medical examiner’s office in Edmonton.
In an afternoon update, police said the post-mortem did not result in the man being identified, but the medical examiner was able to confirm he was the victim of a homicide.
The cause of death was not released for investigative reasons, police said.
On Tuesday, police said investigators were seeking public tips to help identify the man. He was described as 5-11 and weighing 163 pounds.
Investigators released a sketch of the man in the hopes someone would recognize him and come forward to police.
Police said he appeared to be 25 to 40 years old, and had black hair and a beard. He was wearing a long-sleeved, blue plaid flannel button-up shirt, grey Hugo Boss sweatpants and black Air Jordan shoes.
On Thursday, police said a public tip that came from releasing that police sketch led investigators to identify the man as Manraj Singh Uppal, 22, of British Columbia.
Anyone with information about his death is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone.
Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
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