Top Stories of 2021: Nanaimo RCMP juggle five active homicide investigations
NANAIMO — It was a deadly year in the city with local police officers swamped.
Nanaimo RCMP will close 2021 with five active homicide investigations after a series of suspicious deaths ranging from missing persons to gang violence.
Randel Thomas
In late March, the body of 58-year-old Thomas was discovered in bushes near a walking trail along Tamara Dr., just off the Nanaimo Parkway.
Nanaimo RCMP’s Serious Crimes Unit investigated, reporting Thomas was found with several injuries. Approximately two weeks after the discovery, RCMP upgraded the investigation from a suspicious death to homicide.