Police Crack Five Year Old Quesnel Murder

Sunday, July 06, 2008 03:31 PM

Quesnel- A 37 year old Lower mainland man has been charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of a 79 year old Quesnel man on June 12^th, 2003.

Harry Charles Purdey was found dead in his home located on the Quesnel-Hydraulic Rd. after police had received a complaint that Mr. Purdey had not been seen for several days.

His death was later confirmed as a homicide and the police have continued to work on the file.

RCMP did not say how they were able to crack the five year old murder.

The identity of the 37 year old charged with murder is not being released pending his first court appearance July 10th in Quesnel

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Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 03:31 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Moses on July 6 2008 8:06 PM

'after police had received a complaint that Mr. Purdey had not been seen for several days'

WTF?

Posted by: editor on July 6 2008 8:24 PM

Moses:
All calls to police are listed as "complaints", that's not to say people were "complaining". Hope that clears it up for you.

-Elaine Macdonald