Lake Cowichan RCMP were notified Sunday by someone who came across the body in a remote location about an hour outside the town.
“Initial evidence gathered at the scene led investigators to believe criminality was involved,” said B.C. RCMP Cpl. Alex Bérubé.
The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is now involved, along with the RCMP Forensic Investigation Section.The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old Joseph Alexander Smith, who was reported missing May 9. Anyone with information, or who has dashcam or personal-video footage of the area of the Ditidaht Main logging road and North Shore logging road on Sunday, is asked to contact the Major Crime Unit at 250-380-6211.
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