Wow, those murders numbers are high at the end of the story. Crime certainly doesn’t pay.

Strange wording/categorization, “responded to a complaint”.
I would think ‘report’ would be more appropriate.
Does anyone know why the word ‘complaint’ was used?

if you read the news, ‘complaint’ is always used.

a quick search of 250 news reveals your statement is incorrect balboa, for instance the Moberly Lake story quite recently blog/view/26582/1/suspicious+deaths+in+moberly+lake+area
uses the term ‘call’.
as well, ‘report’ is sometimes used.
i wonder why in this case ‘complaint’ was used. what was the complaint?

I think it may be that the RCMP tend to say “complaint” for any kind of report and then journalists often but not always change “complaint” to “report” when it isn’t really a complaint.

It is police terminology, that is all.
Complaint, notification, report…….
And, who cares?
My condolences to the families.

i can’t imagine a reporter would make up a story of there being a complaint when there was none.
if the complaint was of a gunshot, or person with a gun, i/we would know to beware of someone shooting people whereas if the complaint was of the smell of decomposition then we would know that while they have met their end due to foul play at least the perpatrator doesn’t seem to be continuing their spree.
i care about the details, this is why i am asking, but do not think for a second i am going to identify myself on here.
what was the complaint?

Billposer has likely got it right.

I’m still not clear on why britishcolumbian is so hung up on one word.

i am not hung up on a word guys, i would just really like to know how the rcmp came to discover these victims.
violence seems to be on the rise, there is an alarming number of truly horrific incidents such as this occurring lately.
any information we have can help us not become the next victim i would think.
the killer would seem to be still at large.
if no complaint exists, maybe the rcmp at the killers, that is certainly not unthinkable.
what was the complaint that led the rcmp to this location?

“any information we have can help us not become the next victim i would think”
It seems pretty simple if you look at the history… dont do drugs and dont hang around with gang members – there, you are safe. No problem.

it would seem interceptor, that you feel ‘don’t try and expose/catch/punish the perpetrators’ is of your thinking as well.
simply not involving drugs in your life is not a solution to public safety. the ‘collateral damage’ that is the injury and death of innocent bystanders to the drug/gang culture is well documented. it is a miracle no innocents were hurt with the hail of gunfire that occurred in the Jonathan Bacon killing in Kelowna. And how you can suggest that Greg Matters was involved in such things is absurd. He did neither of the things you indicate but still the rcmp showed up at his door and they killed him.
What was the complaint that led rcmp to the victims?

I see nothing in my post about not trying to catch or expose these people. However if you are going to live your life in fear of being collateral damage in something like dirtbag Bacons shooting then you had best never leave your house.

interceptor, i take the idea you present of simply “dont do drugs and dont hang around with gang members – there, you are safe. No problem” to be flawed. not leaving one’s house equally flawed.
the rcmp are known to kill, and they are known to show up at your house and kill you.
when i see a story like this, with no explanation as to why they were at the location the bodies were found to be, curious if not troubling.
i will admit, i am hyper vigilant, possibly due to my occupation.
Why did the rcmp go to this location? what was the alleged complaint?

I will give you that a_BC, perhaps that statement of mine is a little bit of a blanket stretch. However, you do have to admit that the majority of shootings, beatings, stabbings, deaths lately have all come down to ties with drugs or gangs, no?
Also, to say that the RCMP are “known to show up at your house and kill you” is equally or more outlandish.

Given the example i provided, i don’t find my statement to be outlandish.
even with the new IIO in place, the rcmp killing of Mr.Matters is still unexplained/justified. the rcmp have claimed he committed a ‘serious crime’ but have not said what that may be, the IIO promised transparency but now it is over 4 months without a word from them and the only details they provided in the first place was little beyond the vicitm’s identity.
i see this story we are commenting on here and no definitive reason for the arrival of the rcmp on the scene is given.
i will admit this, i view the rcmp to be a gang, and members’ statements in the past have been that exactly, often asserting they are ‘the biggest gang’.
i agree that most of the deadly violence seems to be gang/drug related, but i will point out that there are also allegations that rcmp are in the drug smuggling business. if not the organization itself, then individual members.
should we find out why exactly the rcmp went to the location then possibly the community would have the ability to identify the perpetrator.
What was the complaint that led rcmp to the location?

from the story “On January 13th the Vanderhoof RCMP responded to a complaint regarding two persons having been found deceased in a home”. So someone found them. Friend neighbor, paperboy who cares? I dont know why you are hung up on the why? If you find a place with bodies in it are NOT supposed to call the RCMP?

as i have already stated interceptor, i care.
myself, if i came across two bodies, not in my own yard or in a public place that i happened upon, i do not believe that i would ‘complain’ about it. i would report it most likely though.
you have repeatedly responded to my comments now, every time with no answer to the single question i have posed. it would seem that your handle is telling of your intentions, and that you have intercepted me, and are trying to negate my concerns to others that would read this. one wonders what your motivation for doing so would be.
what was the nature of the complaint that led the rcmp to this location?

“what was the nature of the complaint that led the rcmp to this location?”
Perhaps I am not getting your question then? The complaint was TWO DEAD BODIES. Would it make it better if they called it a report not a complaint? Im not trying to be antagonistic I just dont uunderstand what you are getting at :)