A man has been arrested in the death of Jennifer Ferguson, who went missing last month in Surrey.
Surrey’s Harvey Frank Bracken, 48, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Ferguson, whose body was found in the 2300 block of Kirkstone Road in North Vancouver on Feb. 2.
She was found wrapped in plastic, and police now believe she was killed in Surrey and her body was moved to the North Shore.
Bracken and Ferguson were in a relationship, police said, adding neither of them were known to police for any serious reasons.
Cpl. Dale Carr, with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), said police were fairly sure who the suspect was soon after the body was found.
Bracken was watched around the clock until he was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 10.
IHIT has a high solved rate when it comes to domestic homicides.
“Domestic homicides, we are up around an 89 per cent solved rate,” Carr said. “And we generally turn them around fairly quickly.”
In almost one in four (23 per cent) of regional homicides, the perpetrator is a family member, Carr said.
Ferguson was reported missing to Surrey RCMP on Jan. 30 and had not been seen since a week before that.
Police are not releasing the cause of death, as it is expected to be used in future for a prosecution.
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