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KAMLOOPS LAWYER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH SUSPICIOUS DEATH MICHAEL POTESTIO
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A Kamloops lawyer has been arrested and charged in connection with a suspicious death in Dufferin last week. Rogelio Butch Bagabuyo, 54, is facing one count of interference with a dead body related to a person found deceased in a vehicle outside a Monterey Place home on March 17. It is alleged he placed a body or human remains in a plastic bin. Bagabuyo, who has a law practice downtown on Victoria Street, is in custody pending a bail hearing on Wednesday. At about 10 p.m. on March 17, police were called to the 1600block of the cul-de-sac Monterey Place for a “suspicious occurrence report,” where they discovered a person deceased inside a vehicle. According to online court documents, the offence for which Bagabuyo is charged occurred the day before, on March 16, in Kamloops. Mounties had a presence around a Monterey Place home on March 18, where police tape could
Police are seeking more information on this Budget rental van, which is connected with a suspicious death probe in which Butch Bagabuyo has been charged.
be seen strewn across the entire front of the property. Behind the tape was a white 2020 GMC model Budget rental van with B.C. licence plate PJ 9131. The van’s Budget logo was accompanied with decals saying “we buy boxes.” That van is now part of the police investigation, with Mounties on the weekend asking for the public’s help in providing information on the vehicle’s travels
in and around Kamloops. Police have not, however, said if the van is, in fact, the vehicle in which the deceased person was found. “We are asking the public for assistance in helping us establish the vehicle’s movements during this past week,” Staff Sgt. Todd Wiebe said in a release. “Please have a look at the van and its licence plate. If you think you saw it or if you have dash-cam
or surveillance footage capturing it, please contact police as soon as possible.” Police are looking for information on the van’s travels in Kamloops and surrounding rural areas and communities, including Barriere, Clearwater, Valemount, Savona, Cache Creek and other spots along those corridors. According to neighbours, the van did not belong to the people who live in the house where it
was parked and said it had been parked there for just a few days. An elderly couple believed to be in their 80s and their grandson, in his late 20s are said to live at the residence, according to neighbours. Residents — some of whom said they had lived in the area for decades — said there wasn’t a lot of activity at the house in question, and noted the grandson would often go for walks with his grandparents.
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