CANADA Canada - Kevin Valentyne, 24, Vancouver, 7 January 2013

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Vancouver police now believe gang associate who disappeared last year was murdered

Vancouver police believe that a man with gang affiliations who went missing last year is the victim of a homicide, according to newly filed court documents.

More: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Van...ppeared+last+year+murdered/9903985/story.html

 

[tarabull]

B.C. dealer's life insurance claim denied over crime affiliation, but mystery surrounds death
August 21, 2017

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...On Jan. 7, 2013, Kevin Valentyne got a phone call while he was driving to lunch with his girlfriend in downtown Vancouver.

The 24-year-old Burnaby man was a mid-level cocaine and heroin dealer at the time. Court documents say the call was from two lower-level dealers.

The conversation only lasted six seconds, but he immediately turned his car around and drove back to East Vancouver.

Valentyne stopped at a house associated with the two dealers and went inside, telling his girlfriend he'd be right back. He left his cell phone and wallet in the car with the engine running.

Valentyne was never seen or heard from again. He was declared missing and presumed dead in 2014.

But last Thursday, his life insurance payout was denied because the company said his presumed death was a result of his involvement in criminal activity.

This, despite there's "no direct evidence" as to what happened after Valentyne went inside the house — though court documents said some of the 24-year-old's blood was found in the home.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kevin-valentyne-missing-vancouver-1.4256302

 

[lindamichelle1]

B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses mother's death-benefit claim for murdered Vancouver drug dealer Kevin Valentyne

According to police, Kevin Valentyne had ties to the United Nations gang when he was killed in East Vancouver in 2013.

www.straight.com

B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses mother's death-benefit claim for murdered Vancouver drug dealer Kevin Valentyne​

"The only logical inference from this circumstantial evidence is that he bought or sold drugs at that location, was murdered, and therefore died while committing a criminal offence, invoking the exclusion clause."