A van that police say was stolen from an Alberta funeral home with a dead body inside has been found.
The van was parked outside Parkland Funeral Home in Red Deer on Tuesday morning. A man鈥檚 body inside the vehicle was on its way to a medical examiner, RCMP said.
An RCMP spokesperson had described the theft as 鈥渁lmost certainly a crime of opportunity 鈥� with a very unfortunate and upsetting twist.鈥�
Police called in a helicopter to search for the 2014 Chrysler Town and Country from the air as other officers looked for it at ground level.
RCMP that the van was found in the city鈥檚 Glendale neighbourhood, with the body still in the back.
It was not clear how the vehicle ended up in the neighbourhood. Police were talking to people in the area as they tried to piece together what happened.
Great news from Red Deer RCMP: The funeral van -- and the dearly departed -- have been located. Police still looking for the thief.
鈥� Dawn Walton (@CTVdawnwalton)
