A suspicious death investigation is underway after a woman was found dead on the side of Whitemud Drive in southeast Edmonton earlier this week.
Police responded just before 8 a.m. Tuesday to Whitemud Drive eastbound between 17 Street and 34 Street, where the woman’s body was found beside the freeway.
There were several police vehicles surrounding what appeared to be a body under a cream blanket or tarp next to a black garbage bag.
Investigators later set up a black tent next to the Whitemud near the 17 Street exit.
On that day, police said the death was not believed to be suspicious at that point.
That changed Thursday after an autopsy was carried out on the 43-year-old woman and police sent out an update, saying the homicide section was leading the investigation into the now-suspicious death.
- Distraction thefts spiking in Peel, police say after woman robbed of $19K in jewelry
- 78-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in partner’s death in Laval
- Court halts Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years
- Internal police documents reveal concerns about ‘radicalized’ subculture at Montreal North station
Get daily National news
The medical examiner was not yet able to determine the cause and manner of death — police said they are both pending toxicology and further testing.
Investigators are asking anyone who may have noticed suspicious activity, or anyone with dashcam footage of the area between midnight and 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21 to please contact the EPS at 780-423-4567, or #377 from a mobile phone.
Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.