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UPDATE: Body removed from City Park in Kelowna

By dpotenteau Global News

Posted April 4, 2019 1:50 pm

Updated April 4, 2019 6:37 pm

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Click to play video: 'Body discovered in Okanagan Lake near City Park in Kelowna' — A body was discovered floating face-down in Okanagan Lake on Thursday morning near City Park in Kelowna. The body was recovered, but the adult female could not be revived. The woman’s death is not considered suspicious – Apr 4, 2019

UPDATE:

The body that was pulled from Okanagan Lake at City Park in Kelowna has been removed from the scene.

Police say they were originally alerted of a person floating face-down in Okanagan Lake just before 10 a.m., on Thursday.

A body pulled out of Okanagan Lake Thursday morning is taken away by police and the coroner. RCMP now confirm the woman’s death is not suspicious in nature. @GlobalOkanagan pic.twitter.com/gzsTHuiIWu
— Klaudia Van Emmerik (@KlaudiaGlobal) April 4, 2019

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Officers plus members from Emergency Health Services and the Kelowna Fire Department were quickly on scene. The body was recovered, but the adult female could not be revived.

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The woman’s death is not considered suspicious.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A small section of City Park in Kelowna has been taped off by police after the discovery of a body on Thursday.

Kelowna RCMP put up yellow tape around a body on the beach at City Park. Multiple officers on scene right now investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body. Coroner has not yet arrived. @GlobalOkanagan pic.twitter.com/G9jl4FItvw
— Klaudia Van Emmerik (@KlaudiaGlobal) April 4, 2019

Little is known so far about the incident, except that the deceased is a woman.

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RCMP in #Kelowna on scene at City Park right now investigating a death. Unconfirmed reports say the body, under that white tarp, was pulled out of the lake. @GlobalOkanagan pic.twitter.com/AWeRmKFutK
— Klaudia Van Emmerik (@KlaudiaGlobal) April 4, 2019

Here is a look at the coroner arriving on scene at City Park in #Kelowna after the discovery of a woman’s body. @GlobalOkanagan pic.twitter.com/xUNN4N7OfY
— Klaudia Van Emmerik (@KlaudiaGlobal) April 4, 2019

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