Body found inside wall of women's washroom at Calgary mall
Body found inside wall of women's washroom at Calgary mall
Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca Writer @dsotis
Josh K. Elliott, CTVNews.ca @joshkelliott
Published Monday, April 30, 2018 2:38PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, April 30, 2018 9:44PM EDT
Calgary police are investigating after a body was found inside the wall of a shopping centre washroom.
“Despite the circumstances of where the body was located, investigators do not suspect foul play and the death remains classified as undetermined,” the Calgary Police Service said in a statement released Monday afternoon . “Police can confirm that the body located is an adult male, however, the victim’s identity and cause of death is still being determined.”
Police say a maintenance worker found the body at approximately 9:30 a.m. Monday after removing a wall panel to examine a faulty flushing mechanism in a fourth floor women’s washroom at the CORE Shopping Centre in downtown Calgary.
"If you were to look at the toilet, there's a panel behind it, so that when people move it would automatically flush," Calgary police spokesperson Emma Poole explained to The Canadian Press. "When they removed that panel, they found a deceased person behind that wall."
It is unclear how long the body had been there.
“The investigation into when the victim died and how he ended up inside the wall is still ongoing,” Calgary police added in their statement.
An autopsy is scheduled for later this week.
Part of the mall’s fourth floor food court was cordoned off by police Monday, yet during lunchtime, diners could be seen eating mere metres from the women’s washroom, which had yellow caution tape strung in front of its entrance.
Firefighters soon arrived to help extricate the body. Later Monday afternoon, a gurney was seen being wheeled out of the area.
Poole suggested it’s possible that the man had been crawling through a duct or vent before falling and getting stuck behind the toilet.
"That would be the most logical ... that it was from above," she said. "That is obviously something they would be looking at is someone crawling through the ventilation system."
In a brief statement, the mall said it will be providing counselling to the maintenance worker who made the gruesome discovery.
With files from CTV Calgary’s Alesia Fieldberg and The Canadian Press
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There are a few questions in my mind about this bizarre incident. Was he dead before or after he became lodged behind the wall? If so, then it had to be murder if he was dead before. If after, then why was he crawling into the vent that was probably above where he was found? Perhaps he was there to fix something, but if so, what tools did he have with him? If he had no tools, or was not a workman whose job it was to fix something there, then why was he there? Maybe he WANTED to be behind the toilet to make a hole to view, as a voyeur. Such a weird mystery. If it wasn't a possible murder, then we will never know the answer. It's important to view the videos to know more about it.
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Who said anything about bugs? I have no idea what your comment means.
Agreed, that comment doesn't make any sense.
You're right, and since he won't explain it I consider it to be off topic.
Buzz according to the local news here
After
The motive is unknown (probably never will be known) but he was not there as part of a job. Could be voyeur, maybe robbing the place after hours, an immature stunt or many other options
I guess we'll never know.
I hate malls too, good for him!
How is this story relevant to hating malls?
"Good for him"? Why do you say that? Am I missing something?
One heck of a way to get rid of a body......mall bathrooms always smell bad......be interesting to see what investigators come up with.......
According to the news reports, if it's not a criminal situation, we'll never know the story.
Maybe elsewhere, but not out here in AB
just kidding
I hope they search for dropcams. I have a feeling this mall's bathrooms are compromised with video equipment and the police are keeping this hush to avoid a potentially HUGE business interruption. Police have a duty (he he he, doody) to keep the public safe and that should be first priority. Shut down the mall and search every duct where expectation of privacy is concerned, i.e. bathrooms & changing rooms.