{"id":656726,"date":"2026-03-15T05:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/656726\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T05:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:35:15","slug":"2-charged-with-1st-degree-murder-after-burnaby-mans-remains-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/656726\/","title":{"rendered":"2 charged with 1st-degree murder after Burnaby man\u2019s remains found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Two people have been charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/first-degree-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first-degree murder<\/a> in the killing of a 45-year-old Burnaby man whose remains were found earlier this month in Mission, B.C.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The RCMP\u2019s integrated homicide investigation team (IHIT) says 48-year-old Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi of Maple Ridge and 45-year-old Arezou Soltani of North Vancouver were arrested Friday in connection with the death of Masood Masjoody.<\/p>\n<p>Masjoody was reported missing on Feb. 2 after neighbours raised concerns about his disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>Initial investigation by the Burnaby RCMP determined that Masjoody\u2019s disappearance was out of character and involved criminality, prompting IHIT to take over the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Masjoody\u2019s remains were found on March 6 in Mission following extensive search efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference on Saturday, IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong said investigators believe the killing was targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the motive is still under investigation, we can say the victim and the two accused were known to each other and that this was a targeted incident,\u201d Fong said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say public records show the accused and the victim had ongoing civil disputes and exchanges on social media, though police say it is still unclear whether those played a role in the killing.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police say neither of the accused had a criminal record in Canada and had limited prior interactions with police.<\/p>\n<p>The BC Prosecution Service approved one count of first-degree murder each against Ahmadzadeh Razavi and Soltani.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested on Friday and remain in custody. They are expected to appear in court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the case has generated significant concern within the Iranian community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand this case has impacted the Iranian community and understandably so,\u201d RCMP said in a release, thanking members of the public who came forward with information.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people have been charged with first-degree murder in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":656727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[278260,2147,118533,50],"class_list":["post-656726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bc-death","tag-canada","tag-first-degree-murder","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116231571473382096","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}