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WEST VANCOUVER Police have charged a

20-year-old

woman with the murder of a West Vancouver man found
dead in his home during the evening of March 15.

Elisha Marlene Dyke, of no fix.
ed address, was charged June 26
with the second degree murder of
4i-evear-old| Denis Leo Auger of
1398 Crestwell Road in West Van
couver.

Auger’s body was discovered by
a friend beside the $450,000 West
Vancouver home's indoor pool.

By MICHAEL BECKER

News Reporter

Police sits there were no signs of
av strugele at the scene, Auger died
of adruy overdose,

“AT along we had been treating
the case as a drug averdase in-
vestigation,”’ West) Vancouver

Police Set. Cirant: Charchifl said
Friday.

“When sou deab with a death
due to intoxicuhon, ip comes down
to technical evidence. We didn't
have enough factual information
to go with until the decision was
made to charge for second degree
murder June 26.7

Police suspect tobberv as the
motive for the second deegree
murder and confirm Uve woman

was known fo the victinr,

Police believe Auger was the on-
ly person living in the house at the
time of his death.

Churchill said the dead man had
lived in West Vancouver for some
time. Prior to the address in which
he was found dead, Auger tiwed in
an apartment, He had no past re-
cord with focal police.

“Eo beliese he was well-off and
unemployed,” Churchill said.

Dyke has abo been charged with
Possession of cocaine and posses-

sion of heroin for the purpose of
trafficking.

She was in custody at the Lower
Mainland Regional Correction
Centre in connection with a March
1S charge of possession of cocaine
when the subsequent charges were
laid.

After a brief appearance Thurs-
day in West Vancouver provincial
court Dyke owas remanded in
custody to July 8 for her next
court appearance.