Tri-City News July 24 2015

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After quake, local engineer acts fast

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Arrest in murders of two in Coquitlam Local woman & Israeli visitor were found dead SARAH PAYNE

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A 54-year-old Richmond man is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a double homicide last week on Westwood Plateau in Coquitlam. Police were called to a home on Alpine Lane on the afternoon of July 16, where they found the body of a 56-year-old Coquitlam woman as well as that of an Israeli man who had arrived in Canada just two days earlier. Maurio Saheli, also known as Mo, was charged in the killings, the first this year in the Tri-Cities. Police said they believe he had a previous relationship with the

deceased woman. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has not stated who lived in the home or how the woman and the Israeli man knew each other. A woman delivering The Tri-City News to the home last week said she passed a man in the driveway talking on his phone before dropping the paper at the front door, which was wide open. It wasn’t until later that she realized the man had discovered the bodies and was calling 911. “He was really upset, desperate,” said Ludmila, who asked that her last name not be used. She was delivering papers on a nearby street a short time later when police officers, with their guns drawn, told her to leave the area because it wasn’t safe. see ACCUSED MAN, page A8

Engineer Wes Tse isn’t many years out of Coquitlam’s Dr. Charles Best secondary school but he already boasts some special expertise working in places after they’ve been hit by a disaster: please see article on page A3

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Lethbridge defeated the Montreal Rockies 16-6 in their first game at the 2015 Senior Little League Canadian Championship at Blue Mountain Park on Wednesday. Games will be taking place in Coquitlam all week to determine which Canadian team will head to next month’s Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn. For more sports, see page A27.

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