A suspect has been charged in the case of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl who was killed more than one year ago.
Marrisa Shen was found dead in Burnaby’s Central Park in the early morning hours of July 18, 2017.
Ibrahim Ali, born in 1990, faces one murder charge for an offence that took place in Burnaby on the date of Marrisa’s death.
Ali is being held in custody and is expected to make his next court appearance in Vancouver on Sept. 14.
.@HomicideTeam Supt Donna Richardson said investigators canvassed 1,300 people in area around Central Park and more than 2,000 people of interest identified in the Marrisa Shen homicide investigation. @BlackPressMedia
— Kat Slepian (@katslepian) September 10, 2018
Police last updated the public on the first anniversary of Shen’s death.
Despite receiving more than 200 tips, speaking to 600 people and reviewing more than 1,000 hours of video, Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said at the time that police still had no suspects.
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