Man charged with murder in 2023 death in Vernon, B.C.

Miguel Suzor, 30, has been identified as the deceased man located on a forest service road near Vernon on July 2, 2023. (BC RCMP)

A murder charge has been laid in connection with the killing of a 30-year-old man whose body was discovered two years ago on a forestry road in British Columbia’s Okanagan region.

Mounties launched a suspicious death investigation on July 2, 2023, when Miguel Suzor was found dead near Proctor Lake outside the community of Vernon.

Major crime investigators took conduct of the case and released a photo of the victim, asking the public to provide information related to his whereabouts and behaviours around that time.

The RCMP on Friday announced that Dale Christopher Lloyd Babiy of Vernon had been arrested and charged with second-degree murder on Dec. 1.

He remains in police custody pending a court appearance.

Court records show Babiy, who was born in 1993, is scheduled to appear in a Vernon courtroom on Dec. 11.