The body of a Burnaby teen who had been missing since October has turned up in B.C.’s Interior.
On Wednesday, RCMP identified a body found in Lytton on Nov. 1 as that of Oliver Mora Zamarripa, 19.
Police are calling his death suspicious, but releasing few details about the case.
Zamarripa was reported missing to the Burnaby RCMP on Oct 18. After an investigation by the force, police determined he was last seen by friends in Vancouver on Oct. 15. The file was then transferred to the Vancouver Police Department on Oct. 26. The case is now in the hands of the RCMP’s E Division major crimes unit.
Police are not providing any information about Zamarripa or any ties he may have had to the Lytton area. Meanwhile, his family has asked for privacy.
Investigators are hoping to speak to anyone with information about his death, or his activities prior to Nov. 1.
“They should definitely contact us. People may think that the information they have is not important or trivial information and we would ask the public to let the police make that determination,” said RCMP Sgt. Annie Linteau.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the E Division major crimes tip line at 778-290-3900.
