Saturday September 7, 2019 | LANGFORD, BC
By Mary P Brooke ~ West Shore Voice News
[Update at 12 noon on Monday September 9, 2019:]
“On Sept 6th 2019, the West Shore RCMP and BC Coroners Service responded to a report of a sudden death of a 29 year old female whose body was recovered from Glen Lake in Langford. At this time investigators do not suspect any foul play nor does the death appear to be suspicious,” as stated by West Shore RCMP.
The West Shore RCMP have yet to release any details about a body having been found at Glen Lake in Langford on Friday afternoon, September 6, 2019.
West Shore RCMP were reportedly notified around 3:45 pm about the body.
The BC Coroner was on site early this evening to recover the body. They were apparently notified around 4:30 pm about the body being found at the lake. As reported by CHEK TV news on their 6 pm newscast Friday, it has not been clarified yet as to whether the death occurred near the water or by drowning.
For a few hours a large presence of RCMP officers could be seen but officers departed before 7 pm from the quiet residential neighbourhood where a popular local park and walkway is at the lake.
Three lakes:
Glen Lake is one of three lakes within the City of Langford. It is a large body of water unseen from busy roadways (Sooke Road, Jacklin Road, Glen Lake Road, Jenkins Avenue) that skirt widely around it.
There is a small trail system around the park. One section near Glen Lake Beach Park (with beach, picnic area, benches, playground and an area for dogs to run off-leash) had yellow caution tape across it on Saturday to deter access.
Another part of the trail (with access off Springhill Road) bears a small permanent sign: “Danger – Wetlands – Stay on Trail”.
Another body found in April:
There had been another body located at Glen Lake earlier this year. A local man Joshua Bennett was found dead in Glen Lake on April 1 this year; he had been missing since March 9.
