US EditionThree men charged with murder in Dawson Creek, B.C., homicide: RCMP
Charges stem from a multi-year investigation by BC RCMP after Robert Girbav was found dead in a vehicle on New Year's Eve 2023, highlighting ongoing community concerns.
- On Feb. 1, 2026, police charged three men with first-degree murder in Dawson Creek in the 2023 death of Robert Girbav, naming Tanner Allan Murray, Robert James Sinclair and Benjamin James Elliott Touchette.
- The BC North District Major Crime Unit has investigated since Robert Girbav, 37, was found dead inside a red Dodge Calibre on Dec. 31, 2023, in Dawson Creek.
- Investigators, including the BC Major Crime Unit, called the probe complex, and the three accused were already in custody on unrelated matters, police say.
- Mounties made arrests Saturday in B.C. and Alberta, charging three men more than two years after Robert Girbav was found dead on Dec. 31, 2023.
- Supt. Sanjaya Wijayakoon said the loss was felt widely, and the BC RCMP remains committed to advancing investigations in the Peace Region, with Dawson Creek about 400 kilometres northeast of Prince George.
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Dawson Creek RCMP announce charges against three people in 2023 homicide
DAWSON CREEK — Police in Dawson Creek, B.C., say three people have been charged with first-degree murder more than two years after a 37-year-old man was found dead in a vehicle on New Year’s Eve in 2023. Dawson Creek RCMP say Robert Girbav, 37, was found dead inside a truck by officers responding to a […]
Three people charged in connection to 2023 homicide in Dawson Creek
Charges have been laid against three people in relation to a homicide that occurred in Dawson Creek in 2023. On Sunday, December 31, 2023, Dawson Creek RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at 17th Street and 116th Avenue. When officers arrived, they located a deceased male, later identified as 37-year-old Robert Eric […]
Three people charged with first degree murder after death in Dawson Creek – Energeticcity.ca
Three people have been charged with first degree murder for an alleged homicide in Dawson Creek. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson) DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Dawson Creek police officers have charged three people in relation to an alleged homicide in the city in 2023. According to a press release by Dawson Creek RCMP on February 1st, officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on 17th Street and 116th Avenue on December 31st, 2023. On ar…
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