Investigation launched after teen dies in Walnut Grove area of Langley
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 20:26:44 +0000
An investigation has been launched into the death of a 14-year-old boy who was found in medical distress at Langley’s Walnut Grove Community Centre on Wednesday evening and later died in hospital.
“The coroners service’s investigation will look to determine how, where, when and by what means he came to his death,” B.C. Coroners Service spokesman Andy Watson said in an email.
The coroners service did not share other details and will not be releasing the teen’s identity.
Grief-stricken friends and family mourned a boy, identified on social media as Carson Crimeni, at a vigil held Aug. 8, 2019, at the Walnut Grove Skate Park. Crimeni was found in medical distress in Walnut Grove and later died in hospital.
Grief-stricken friends and family mourned the boy, identified on social media as Carson Crimeni, at a vigil held Thursday night at the Walnut Grove Skate Park.
Hundreds of people attended the vigil with flowers to remember the Grade 9 student, including fellow students, parents, and police officers.
Langley RCMP appealed late Thursday night for help in the investigation, saying it is believed the boy died from a narcotics overdose.
Investigators believe the teen spent his last hours on foot between the Walnut Grove Skateboard Park, the grounds of Walnut Grove Secondary School and the Walnut Grove Athletic Park behind the high school.
Grief-stricken friends and family mourned a boy, identified on social media as Carson Crimeni, at a vigil held Aug. 8, 2019, at the Walnut Grove Skate Park. Crimeni was found in medical distress in Walnut Grove and later died in hospital.
They want to speak with anyone who may have been directly interacted with the boy before his death.
Police also say it is possible he was in the various parks as early as noon on Wednesday. They ask anyone with information to call the Langley RCMP detachment at 604-532-3200.
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C., which looks into police-involved cases that result in death or injury, will also be reviewing the circumstances of the death, as “police were in proximity” at the time the teen was found at the community centre.
No further details have been shared.
Grief-stricken friends and family mourned a boy, identified on social media as Carson Crimeni, at a vigil held Aug. 8, 2019, at the Walnut Grove Skate Park. Crimeni was found in medical distress in Walnut Grove and later died in hospital.
— With files from Tiffany Crawford
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