BRAGG CREEK—Cochrane RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in the continued investigation of a sudden death near the hamlet of Bragg Creek.
Cochrane RCMP received reports of a deceased woman on a rural property near Bragg Creek at roughly 3 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 6) and promptly responded.
On Wednesday (Dec. 9) the victim was identified as 40-year-old woman from Calgary. RCMP are currently conducting a thorough investigation to determine the woman's whereabouts prior to arriving at the rural property.
As part of the investigation Cochrane RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in gathering dash cam footage and any information regarding a woman seen walking on Township Road 232 between Range Road 54 and Braken Road near Bragg Creek on Sunday between the hours of midnight and 3 p.m.
“Our officers received a call of a deceased woman just off of Township Road 232 near Bragg Creek, Alberta. Upon arrival, our officers did locate a female and the details around her passing are currently being investigated,” said Cpl. Troy Savinkoff of the Cochrane RCMP.
Major Crimes was initially called in on Sunday evening to investigate the woman’s death, but the case has since been passed back to Cochrane RCMP as the cause of death has been deemed non-suspicious in nature.
“Typically we will call in our Major Crime Unit if, at the onset of the investigation, we might see some things that might concern us. Often times as that investigation unfolds, like in this case, that decision will change— It will become a non-suspicious death,” he said.
Savinkoff said the exact cause of death has not been determined at this point, only that it has been ruled non-suspicious in nature.
Investigators are still trying to determine exactly how the woman ended up at the location where she passed.
“I believe there are certainly some ideas that investigators are working with, but that hasn’t concretely been determined yet,” Savnikoff said.
If you have any information on this investigation, you are asked to contact Cochrane RCMP at 403-851-8000, or your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at P3Tips.com or by using the "P. Tips" app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.
