A man found dead inside a SUV found near a north Edmonton school and green space this week in the city’s 13th homicide victim of 2023.
A suspicious death investigation was launched Wednesday morning, when police were alerted to reports of a suspicious vehicle near 163 Avenue and 103 Street.
Edmonton Police Service officers arrived to find a man dead inside a white SUV.
An employee from a daycare in the area told Global News the vehicle was spotted near a green space along 103 Street in the Lorelei area.
An autopsy done Thursday confirmed Kalab Kitil, 31, is the victim of a homicide. His cause of death is not being released right now for investigative reasons.
Kitil is the 13th homicide victim identified by Edmonton police this year.
Police confirmed to Global News it is the same Katil who was charged June 2014 in connection with the fatal shooting in north Edmonton. He was wanted on Canada-wide warrants and later turned himself into police.
He was sentenced in November 2016 to eight years behind bars for manslaughter.
Police ask anyone with any information about his death, or who may have seen suspicious activity involving a white SUV (make and model unknown) in the area between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday, to contact them.
Anyone who has a dashcam or doorbell camera in the area is also asked to check their footage for suspicious activity.
Tips can be sent to EPS by calling 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.
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