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Cold Cases

Ten years have gone by, but the Vancouver Police department kept working on the murder file and now charges have been laid in that cold case and two others, but many more remain unsolved. Tanya Beja has the details.

Police picked up the pieces after the blowout inside this east Vancouver restaurant sprayed on to the street outside. On June 15, 2008, 25 year-old Ben nim hing was fatally shot. Police believe the murder is gang related. For nearly a year and a half they interviewed witness, finally today a bring-through.

“Homicide investigators arrested Ding Kuang Fan, a Vancouver and charge him with second degree murder.”

It was on of the three arrests on the cold cases. That police announced today. This east Vancouver house burn down more than a decade ago, the tow man inside killed. The police have now charged the 50 year-old Russell Wing Meders with arson and manslaughter and this downtown east side hotel, a violent argument left regional hints dead 5 years ago. The alleged killer now in custody.

“We hopeful that today these announcements so bring some small amount of comfort, and some small amount of closure to those who suffered.”

Vancouver police say their arrest rate in homicide cases is going up. But look at the number shows many Vancouver murders remain unsolved.

Vancouver has seen 18 homicides for each of past three years and 16 in 2006, roughly only a third of those have been solved.

Besides of the crime scene, witness cooperation and quality of evidence can all affect how long it takes investigators to do their jobs and police say sometime they just aren’t enough resources to process the evidence quickly.

“DNA become critical and in many of the investigations, not just murders but also in simple things even like breaking enter, DNA’s been submitted and been taking from the vendors, some of the now legislation, and basically the labs are working over time, they are bought down a lot of time.

Despite the delays, Vancouver police say they prepared to announce several more arrests in the days ahead.