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3 people found dead at 2 Calgary homes as suspect taken into custody

A person has been taken into custody after two women and a man were found dead at two different Calgary homes.

No other suspects being sought, police say

Officers lead murder suspect Dustin Duthie into the Calgary Police Service's arrest processing unit on July 31. (Julie Debeljak/CBC)

A person has been taken into custody after two women and a manwere found dead at two different Calgary homes.

Police say they believe the deaths are linked, buthave said little else offering no information at a Tuesday afternoon news conference about whether the victims and suspect knew each other, whether aweapon has been found or how the victims died.

Asked whether the deaths may have stemmed from a domestic dispute, Duty Staff Sgt.Peter Duchnijsimilarly said it wastoo early to comment.

"We're literally four or five hours into this call, so it's really preliminary," said Duchnij.

A police officer stands outside a home where the bodies of Pennylegion and Boshuck were discovered on Tuesday. (Colleen Underwood/CBC)

Officers discovered the first woman's body at a condo complexin the2000 block ofApplevillageCourt S.E. a suburban neighbourhood on the city's outskirts after receiving a check-on-welfare call about two locations at around 11 a.m. local time.

The second location was in the 10100 block of Hidden Valley Drive N.W., more than 20 kilometres away.

There, they found a man and a woman, both dead.

Police were seen inspecting the trunk of a vehicle in the driveway. The silver car's driver-side window was smashed.

Duchnijsaid policetook a person into custody at one of the scenes, but didn't say which one.

He said police are not seeking other suspects.

Taylor Toller's body was found in a unit at this condo complex in Calgary. (Reid Southwick/CBC)

'It's scary,' neighbour says

David Camacho lives near the Hidden Valley home. He was surprised to see police there when he returned from work.

"It's scary,"Camacho said. "It doesn'tfeel like it's safe."

Over at ApplevillageCourt, neighbour Andrew Couchman said police activity isn't completely new to him.

"It's kind of weird. Strange. A couple of weeks ago, there was a guy who overdosed at the gas station as I was passing by, so two weeks, two deaths,"Couchman said.

"Time to move south. It's shocking."

Gursewak Singh rents a unit in the Applevillage Crescent S.E. complex.

"So far the neighbours seem pretty friendly, whenever I come into the building I talk to them. Looking at this incident, I think we should be more careful," Singh said.

"In future I will be more careful, if anybody is visiting me."

With files from Colleen Underwood and Reid Southwick

Corrections

  • An earlier version of this story included a photo caption stating the Applevillage address was in the northeast quadrant of the city. In fact, as the story stated, the address is in the southeast quadrant.
    Jul 31, 2018 8:31 PM MT