Victoria police treating Beacon Hill Park death as a homicide

Victoria Police are launching a murder investigation into thedeath of a woman in Beacon Hill Park one week ago.

Patrol officers were called to the south side of the park, near Dallas Road,just after6 a.m.on March 3, after receiving reports of an unresponsive woman.The unnamed victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Victoria Police Major Crime Unit's investigators are treating the death asa homicide.

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The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) has assumed conduct of the investigationand isasking for the public's help in identifying potential suspects.

Investigators are asking anyone who was in the following areas between the hours of 11 p.m. on Tuesday,March 2, and 5 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3,to call the VIIMCU Information Line at (250) 380-6211:

• Lower Cook Street near Beacon Hill Park.
• Lower Douglas Street near Beacon Hill Park.
• Dallas Road between Douglas Street and St. Charles Street.
• The area of Fort Street and Foul Bay Road.

Investigators are particularly interested in any dash camera video from drivers in the area, or security camera footage.

The homicide is not believed to related to a fatal camper van fire in Beacon Hill Parkon March 4.