Man found dead in an Edmonton park identified as Christopher Fawcett

Edmonton Police responded to a call of an injured man on October 22 at around 8:30pm in Alfred H. Savage Centre in Whitemud Park.

On arrival police found 19 year old Christopher Fawcett dead. An autopsy confirmed that Fawcett died of a stab wound.

Police arrested a 21 year old man, however no charges have been laid at this time.

The death of Christopher Fawcett marks Edmonton’s 35th homicide of 2016. The 2016 Edmonton homicide victims list is available here.