Last month (September 29), a woman’s body was found by a tugboat crew floating in the water on the Spanish Banks. Paramedics and Vancouver Fire and Rescue tried to revive the woman, who is in her 30s to 40s, but were unsuccessful. Now, Vancouver police are asking for the public’s help in identifying her. On October 26, a composite sketch of her was released. She is described as a black female between 175 and 200 pounds. height not given. She has brown eyes and short black curly hair that is pulled into a bun. He was found wearing a backpack. An orange life jacket and a blue inflatable kayak were also found nearby. When asked why the discovery had not been made public until now, Cst. Tania Vistin explains, “when the police find a body they can’t identify, a lot of research has to be done before information can be released. An avenue extracts DNA and sends it to the lab. Those results take time to come back. case, the researchers still couldn’t get a match from the DNA sent to the lab, so we asked a professional artist to sketch a composite.” Anyone who recognizes the woman is asked to call the VPD Missing Persons Unit at 604-717-2533.
