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Three dead Surrey adults believed to be family, IHIT says 91Ƶno outstanding suspect91Ƶ

Police 91Ƶnot ruling out any investigative theory91Ƶ
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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.

91ƵWe walked by here yesterday at about 11 o91Ƶclock, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary,91Ƶ Paivi said, 91Ƶand then like an hour later all hell broke loose.91Ƶ

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, 91Ƶwhom are believed to be part of the same family.

91ƵPreliminary evidence suggests there is no outstanding suspect, though we are not ruling out any investigative theory,91Ƶ 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.

91ƵThey were very nice people,91Ƶ Norm Mangleberg said. The couple had been students contemporary with the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square, he said. 91ƵThat was enough for them to get out of China, eh.91Ƶ

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 91ƵTiffany91Ƶ Zhen, age 56, Li Li, age 58, and Daniel Li, 24.

91ƵWho else would it be?91Ƶ Mangleberg wondered out loud. 91ƵI know he was a good neighbour to all the neighbours. Very friendly and he was pretty handy; wasn91Ƶt that a canoe he built, made? There91Ƶs a canoe in the back there that he made.91Ƶ

91ƵWe can only speculate on what happened,91Ƶ he offered. 91ƵIt91Ƶs all hearsay, isn91Ƶt it?

91ƵThe neighbour said the kitchen window was drawn, the curtains in the kitchen were drawn, and they never were.91Ƶ

A fellow named John told the Now-Leader he91Ƶd heard police were walking down the road with a flashlight Monday, 91Ƶlooking for something.91Ƶ

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

91ƵSo, so weird,91Ƶ she said of the case. 91ƵI feel so terrible.91Ƶ

To the police, she said, 91ƵAt least they should tell us, a resident around here, don91Ƶt be worried, don91Ƶt be terrified. Even a little bit of a clue.91Ƶ

On Monday, Cpl. Vanessa Munn of the Surrey RCMP stated in a press release that police 91Ƶdo not believe that there is any ongoing risk to public safety.91Ƶ

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

91ƵHe91Ƶs a very good guy and worked very, very hard,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵThe wife91Ƶs name is Tiffany, both of them graduated in Peking University.91Ƶ She said Li then attended UBC for a masters degree related to computers. 91ƵHis major is physics, so he teaches physics.

91ƵI never heard him complain about anything.91Ƶ

91ƵThey91Ƶre a very, very good family and they91Ƶre very happy with their life and they91Ƶre very good relationship between each other. They love each other.91Ƶ

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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