Acme dog walkers found a body. Whatcom sheriff’s deputies investigating as homicide
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspected homicide after a body was found at a park in Acme, according to a sheriff’s office press release.
Around 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, two dog walkers at the South Fork County Park in the 1500 block of Mosquito Lake Road in Acme found what appeared to be a body in the middle of a gravel access road. When the dog walkers saw it was a human body, they immediately called 911, according to the release.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived, they found the person “suffered significant trauma and was obviously deceased,” the release states. Detectives and crime scene investigators were called to the scene.
The sheriff’s office is not releasing age, gender or how the person died, until further investigation is done, the victim is identified and family is notified, the release states.
Foul play is suspected in the victim’s death, and it’s an ongoing homicide investigation, according to the release.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone who may have information about what happened at the park between 6 p.m. Friday, April 3, and 8 a.m. Saturday, April 4 to call the tip line at 360-778-6663.
