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Three dead Surrey adults believed to be family, IHIT says 㽶Ƶֱno outstanding suspect㽶Ƶֱ

Police 㽶Ƶֱnot ruling out any investigative theory㽶Ƶֱ
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Homicide forensic investigators and a coroner searched for clues inside a house behind yellow barricade tape Tuesday while friends and passers-by anxiously awaited outside for answers about how and why three people died in their tony Fraser Heights neighbourhood.

Paivi and Norm Mangleberg had been strolling down the street roughly an hour before police descended on 15636 112 Ave. shortly after noon Monday.

㽶ƵֱWe walked by here yesterday at about 11 o㽶Ƶֱclock, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary,㽶Ƶֱ Paivi said, 㽶Ƶֱand then like an hour later all hell broke loose.㽶Ƶֱ

Neighbours said the people who lived there were a nice family who typically waved when people walked by.

Sgt. Timothy Pierotti, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said police found the bodies of three adults inside the home, 㽶Ƶֱwhom are believed to be part of the same family.

㽶ƵֱPreliminary evidence suggests there is no outstanding suspect, though we are not ruling out any investigative theory,㽶Ƶֱ he said.

People gathered on the other side of the street said a physicist name Leo Li, a French tutor named Tiffany and their adult son, an English tutor, lived at the house.

Associated with the address is Dreamcasters Travel, and a phone number connected to Tiffany Zhen.

㽶ƵֱThey were very nice people,㽶Ƶֱ Norm Mangleberg said. The couple had been students contemporary with the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square, he said. 㽶ƵֱThat was enough for them to get out of China, eh.㽶Ƶֱ

By press time Tuesday police had not released the names of the deceased. After press time, IHIT confirmed Wednesday the names of the deceased as Xiao-Yan 㽶ƵֱTiffany㽶Ƶֱ Zhen, age 56, Li Li, age 58, and Daniel Li, 24.

㽶ƵֱWho else would it be?㽶Ƶֱ Mangleberg wondered out loud. 㽶ƵֱI know he was a good neighbour to all the neighbours. Very friendly and he was pretty handy; wasn㽶Ƶֱt that a canoe he built, made? There㽶Ƶֱs a canoe in the back there that he made.㽶Ƶֱ

㽶ƵֱWe can only speculate on what happened,㽶Ƶֱ he offered. 㽶ƵֱIt㽶Ƶֱs all hearsay, isn㽶Ƶֱt it?

㽶ƵֱThe neighbour said the kitchen window was drawn, the curtains in the kitchen were drawn, and they never were.㽶Ƶֱ

A fellow named John told the Now-Leader he㽶Ƶֱd heard police were walking down the road with a flashlight Monday, 㽶Ƶֱlooking for something.㽶Ƶֱ

A Fraser Heights resident said she knew of the couple through a mutual friend.

㽶ƵֱSo, so weird,㽶Ƶֱ she said of the case. 㽶ƵֱI feel so terrible.㽶Ƶֱ

To the police, she said, 㽶ƵֱAt least they should tell us, a resident around here, don㽶Ƶֱt be worried, don㽶Ƶֱt be terrified. Even a little bit of a clue.㽶Ƶֱ

On Monday, Cpl. Vanessa Munn of the Surrey RCMP stated in a press release that police 㽶Ƶֱdo not believe that there is any ongoing risk to public safety.㽶Ƶֱ

Jean Zou said she worked with Li at Future Shop in 2020 and commuted with him.

㽶ƵֱHe㽶Ƶֱs a very good guy and worked very, very hard,㽶Ƶֱ she said. 㽶ƵֱThe wife㽶Ƶֱs name is Tiffany, both of them graduated in Peking University.㽶Ƶֱ She said Li then attended UBC for a masters degree related to computers. 㽶ƵֱHis major is physics, so he teaches physics.

㽶ƵֱI never heard him complain about anything.㽶Ƶֱ

㽶ƵֱThey㽶Ƶֱre a very, very good family and they㽶Ƶֱre very happy with their life and they㽶Ƶֱre very good relationship between each other. They love each other.㽶Ƶֱ

Meantime, police ask anyone with information to contact IHIT directly at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

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