Thursday, Oct 26, 2006
Charred remains identified as missing pregnant B.C. woman Police said Thursday that charred remains found earlier in the week were those of missing Delta, B.C. teacher Manjit Panghali. (CP/HO) DELTA, B.C. (CP) - Charred remains found near the seaside have been identified as those of a pregnant woman who went missing from her family on her way to a prenatal yoga class. Police said Thursday the probe into the disappearance of Manjit Panghali is now a homicide investigation.
Panghali, a 30-year-old Grade 1 teacher, was reported missing earlier this week and her family held a tearful news conference begging for information about her.
Also earlier this week, police in Delta, B.C., just south of Vancouver, found a burned body near a container terminal. Police confirmed the body is Panghali at a news conference.
"This type of crime defies comprehension and the value of human life," said Const. Sharlene Brooks of the Delta RCMP. "We acknowledge that this is the most devastating to those who loved and knew her."
At the school where Panghali taught, teachers were gathered in a room to hear the sad news after the children had left for the day. Teachers from North Ridge Elementary filed out of the school weeping after hearing that their colleague's body had been identified.
Panghali and her husband have a three-year-old daughter. Her husband, Mukhtiar Panghali, told the news conference this week that he waited 26 hours to call the police after she went missing because he wanted to ensure she wasn't with family or friends.
Friends say the pair fell madly in love while both were studying to be teachers at the University of British Columbia.
Media reports have noted that Mukhtiar's brother, Sukhvinder, also lived with the couple and their daughter, but he moved out recently.
Sukhvinder Panghali appeared in court Thursday accused of stalking a former girlfriend over three months last summer.
Brooks said police have no suspects in Panghali's death.
"This investigation is still very much in its preliminary stages and police are not making any assumptions or drawing any conclusions with respect to suspects or motive," she said.
"This will be, without a doubt, a very complex and multifaceted investigation that will require all resources available to us."
Delta police are leading the investigation, with help from Surrey RCMP.
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Onto bigger and better things. My house! These are the paint colours I have chosen to do feature walls and art niches in my house. I adore these colours! Very rustic. Very old colonnial, farmhouse kind of colours. Just the perfect contrast to the very modern decor I have. Marc has fixed all the little nicks in my walls and has primed them all. So this weekend I will be buying the paint and then letting Marc go to it! He is the MOST awesome painter!! Soooo meticulous. It makes me proud!! It is all part of the compulsion. Can't stop until it is done. And, this makes me the most excited of all - Marc has agreed to the gorgeous apothecary unit for our formal living room!! Yeehaw!!!!!!!!! We are going to buy it as a Christmas gift for the house! So now to hint to the parents and in-laws that $$ would be appreciated this year!! It costs a pretty penny, or two... Just like everything else in my life!! Nothing new. At least I am predictable!
