Double fatality investigation underway
Officers with major crime and forensic identification units were at southside apartment building for hours Saturday; two dead, but no other details offered
Fredericton police officers are investigating two deaths at a new southside apartment building, though a spokesperson didn’t offer additional details Saturday.
Numerous police vehicles were stationed outside 94 Forest Hill Rd., a new apartment building located just a couple of hundred metres from the access point to the Princess Margaret Bridge and Fredericton Bypass.
Acting Sgt. Brent Legere, a shift supervisor with the force’s patrol division, told the Fredericton Independent early Saturday afternoon officers were dispatched to a southside location at 11:15 a.m.
He said he wasn’t at liberty to discuss the nature of the call or its specific location.
However, a reporter went to 94 Forest Hill Rd. on Saturday afternoon and noted members of the force’s major crime unit and forensic identification unit were on the scene. The forensic unit’s van was also stationed out front.
Furthermore, the Fredericton Independent learned a representative with New Brunswick coroner services was there as well. The coroner’s office only responds to scenes at which there are “suspicious or questionable deaths,” according to the branch’s section of the provincial government’s website.
At about 8 p.m. Saturday, Fredericton Police Force spokesperson Sonya Gilks confirmed two people were dead, prompting the police presence and investigation.
“On Sept. 9, 2023, at approx. 11:00 a.m. Fredericton Police Force responded to an apartment complex on Forest Hill Road where two people were found deceased,” she wrote in an email.
“No further comment will be made as the investigation is ongoing.”
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.