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I notice the RCMP has not said who rented the van and on what day, nor when it travelled to the various communities.
Found Deceased Canada - Mohd Abdullah, 60, univ professor, failed to show up @ work, Kamloops, 14 Mar 2022 *Arrest*
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A bit of Googling revealed that British Columbia has a sizable Filipino minority, and enough people in Kamloops for them to have their own social club.
Filipino -Canadian Association of Kamloops
Filipino -Canadian Association of Kamloops
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I wonder who is Mr. Abdullah's next of kin police notified about his death? Is there an investigatory reason they haven't spoken to his daughter?
https://cfjctoday.com/2022/03/29/da...till-looking-for-answers-after-fathers-death/
Mar 29, 2022
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However, they don’t anything beyond what’s been in the news. In fact, Lalata-Buco only found out about her father’s death through a friend in the Philippines who had seen the news from Kamloops.
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Lalata-Buco hasn’t heard from police about the case and her calls to the Kamloops detachment have just been forwarded to voicemail. She reached out to Bagabuyo online asking what happened. She and her husband just want answers. “We are angry, we are mad, we are sad,” the couple said. “We can’t imagine how my dad was found dead. We can also imagine how was he killed? Was he strangled to death? Was he shot? Or was he beaten to death? We have no clue.”
https://cfjctoday.com/2022/03/29/da...till-looking-for-answers-after-fathers-death/
Mar 29, 2022
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However, they don’t anything beyond what’s been in the news. In fact, Lalata-Buco only found out about her father’s death through a friend in the Philippines who had seen the news from Kamloops.
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Lalata-Buco hasn’t heard from police about the case and her calls to the Kamloops detachment have just been forwarded to voicemail. She reached out to Bagabuyo online asking what happened. She and her husband just want answers. “We are angry, we are mad, we are sad,” the couple said. “We can’t imagine how my dad was found dead. We can also imagine how was he killed? Was he strangled to death? Was he shot? Or was he beaten to death? We have no clue.”
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Wonder if Sarah wasn't 'officially' connected to Mohd as a next-of-kin because he had her out of wedlock in the late 90s, and then left then a few years later to move back to the US, and didn't officially reconnect with Sarah until 2017. When the letters he was sending weren't reaching Sarah, he might of thought she and her mother wanted nothing to do with him.
Still though, now that RCMP knows that Mohd does have a daughter, they should keep her in the know!! It's BS that her inquiries are being ignored
Just to point out that, in a murder investigation, police have to be careful what they say and to whom. That includes relatives, close or long lost. Also, depending on the will, there may need to be a paternity test to put forth a claim on the estate.Wonder if Sarah wasn't 'officially' connected to Mohd as a next-of-kin because he had her out of wedlock in the late 90s, and then left then a few years later to move back to the US, and didn't officially reconnect with Sarah until 2017. When the letters he was sending weren't reaching Sarah, he might of thought she and her mother wanted nothing to do with him.
Still though, now that RCMP knows that Mohd does have a daughter, they should keep her in the know!! It's BS that her inquiries are being ignored
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News has been quiet lately; I'm guessing we won't hear anything new until the suspect has his next court appearance on the 21st.
News has been quiet lately; I'm guessing we won't hear anything new until the suspect has his next court appearance on the 21st.
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Bagabuyo, lawyer, columnist, writes 30
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent GOLD Star Daily columnist Rogelio “Butch” Bagabuyo died on Thursday night in a hospital in Manila. He was 75. Bagabuyo, a known lawyer in the city who once served as a senior special state prosecutor at the Department of Justice (DOJ), died of kidney failure. His...
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This appears to be the suspect's father, apparently a lawyer, columnist, and political activist.
Not really an update, but:
The city’s top cop is describing the investigation into the murder of Mohd Abdullah as “very complex” and “unprecedented,” due to a man charged in connection with the death being a practising lawyer.
Lecky spoke about progress of the investigation during a June 9 meeting with the city’s community services committee.
“That was, is and continues to be a very complex investigation, the likes of which we haven’t seen in this province, certainly not in this city, because the accused in this matter, as you know, is a practising lawyer who was charged and the complications that are related to that from the judicial services needs are significant, expensive and, needless to say, very complex,” Lecky told the committee, which includes three city councillors.
“This is an unprecedented investigation for us, but it is progressing very well.”
The article goes on to talk about how the investigation required LE to search crime scenes, including the law office of the accused, where people's potentially sensitive information was kept, and a judicial referee was appointed to look at the evidence unearthed to determine which parts of it were pertinent to the investigation and which parts were not. This included looking at the contents of digital storage devices, and more, and is very labor-intensive.
The city’s top cop is describing the investigation into the murder of Mohd Abdullah as “very complex” and “unprecedented,” due to a man charged in connection with the death being a practising lawyer.
Lecky spoke about progress of the investigation during a June 9 meeting with the city’s community services committee.
“That was, is and continues to be a very complex investigation, the likes of which we haven’t seen in this province, certainly not in this city, because the accused in this matter, as you know, is a practising lawyer who was charged and the complications that are related to that from the judicial services needs are significant, expensive and, needless to say, very complex,” Lecky told the committee, which includes three city councillors.
“This is an unprecedented investigation for us, but it is progressing very well.”
The article goes on to talk about how the investigation required LE to search crime scenes, including the law office of the accused, where people's potentially sensitive information was kept, and a judicial referee was appointed to look at the evidence unearthed to determine which parts of it were pertinent to the investigation and which parts were not. This included looking at the contents of digital storage devices, and more, and is very labor-intensive.
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Wow I didn't even think about the legal implications of how the motive quite likely has something to do with one of his clients so his cases will obviously be evidence but he has other cases to whom he owes attorney client privilege and which could easily contain incriminating information in them but could not be entered into evidence in this case. In sure that does make the investigating complex but I'm glad they're investing in it. I like to see as much evidence as possible being discovered in cases of organized crime and this really smells like organized crime to me.
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And not always organized crime either, sometimes just a client who’s a tad bit unhinged who believes their lawyer wronged them.
I recall this tragic hit and run of a Toronto attorney.
“It shouldn’t be dangerous to work in the legal field.”
MANDEL: Woman accused of killing Toronto lawyer with rental truck denied bail
It shouldn't be dangerous to work in the legal field.
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In this case the attorney is the perpetrator though, or at least the one accused of murder.And not always organized crime either, sometimes just a client who’s a tad bit unhinged who believes their lawyer wronged them.
I recall this tragic hit and run of a Toronto attorney.
“It shouldn’t be dangerous to work in the legal field.”
MANDEL: Woman accused of killing Toronto lawyer with rental truck denied bail
It shouldn't be dangerous to work in the legal field.torontosun.com
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Yes, you’re right, sorry my mistake, for some reason had the victim as a lawyer in my head.
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well, i mean, he was found dead in a container in the attorney's vehicle...
or are you referencing how police knew to look there in the first place?
Updates to this case: the lawyer was charged with first degree murder in May, is awaiting results of his bail hearing.
Kamloops lawyer awaits bail decision on charge he murdered TRU professor - Kamloops News
A Kamloops lawyer accused of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of a Thompson Rivers University faculty member will have to wait until next week to learn whether he will be released on bail.
www.castanetkamloops.net
I was going to post that l've followed cases where a lawyer has been a victim of murder, but I couldn't recall one being the accused...but then I remembered Alex Murdaugh.
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Cross referencing: for no particular reason, updates about the trial have been posted here:
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Wow. Article says the victim and the accused conspired to hide $774K from the victim's wife while the couple was separating. Accused allegedly spent the money and then killed MA when MA tried to get the money back.
Another article, published in April: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-murder-trial-1.7511211
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