RCMP are investigating the discovery of a body found along Silverhope Creek in the Hope area.

The discovery was made on Sunday, Feb. 2, in the 19000-block of Silver-Skagit Road, and the Hope RCMP and BC Coroners Service attended the site.

Cpl. Mike Rail from the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP said the investigation is still in its early stages and the deceased has not been identified. He also states there is nothing suspicious so far about the case.

鈥淭here is no evidence collected at this point of the investigation to suggest a criminal act has occurred or a danger to the public,鈥� he said in an email to The Hope Standard.

鈥淭he BC Coroners Service investigation will look to determine the identity of the deceased and how, where, when and by what means they came to their unexpected death.鈥�

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