Police say they are no longer looking for the registered owner of a burned out vehicle that was found next to a northwest construction site with three bodies in it on Monday.
Fire crews were called to a vehicle fire in the 100 block of Sage Bluff Circle NW at about 7:00 a.m. and found a car fully involved in flame when they arrived.
Firefighters put out the blaze and found the bodies of Glynnis Fox, Tiffany Ear and Cody Pfeiffer inside.
Police say the deaths are considered homicides but they are not releasing the cause of death.
“One of the things I cannot speak to is with regards to the manner of death and also where we believe this occurred,” said Acting Insp. Paul Wozney of the CPS Major Crimes Section.
Cody Pfeiffer is known to police and court records show that he was convicted of possession of a firearm, drug trafficking and possession of stolen property in the last few years.
The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze that was located at the scene was registered to 26-year-old Hanock Afowerk.
Police have not said how Afowerk is connected to the victims in his car and they are working to determine where he was in the hours leading up to the fire.
“We’re continuing to put together a definitive timeline, from Sunday evening, or Sunday afternoon until Monday morning when the bodies were discovered in Sage Hill. Part of that is speaking to witnesses, family, producing phone records, those sort of things and we’re continuing to do that now,” said Wozney.
Investigators are trying to determine if a body that was found near the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 22 on Wednesday is linked to the investigation and Afowerk's disappearance.
“Investigators were notified of the recovery of a body this morning, early this morning. We sent investigators out to the scene. Evidence and information that was garnered at the scene leads us to believe that this, that the recovery of this body is likely related to the investigation into the triple murder on Monday,” said Wozney.
Police say they are no longer looking for Afowerk but would not say if the body located along the highway was him.
“Forensic investigators are at the scene of where that body was recovered on Highway 22. I don’t want to speculate right now as to where that person may have been killed and moved or had been killed at that scene,” said Wozney. “We’re not looking for him any longer.”
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the police non-emergency number at 403-266-1234, or Crime Stoppers anonymously using either of the following methods:
TALK: 1-800-222-8477
TYPE: www.calgarycrimestoppers.org
