{"id":155387,"date":"2025-07-03T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/07\/03\/family-of-bc-homicide-victim-makes-video-plea-for-answers\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:33:00","slug":"family-of-bc-homicide-victim-makes-video-plea-for-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/07\/03\/family-of-bc-homicide-victim-makes-video-plea-for-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of B.C. homicide victim makes video plea for answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a&nbsp;Vanderhoof&nbsp;man killed in a January 2025&nbsp;homicide&nbsp;is pleading for answers, as police hope to identify a person who may have information to aid in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released&nbsp;by RCMP on July 2, the family of&nbsp;Gordon Sims gathered to urge&nbsp;anyone who may have any information regarding the&nbsp;investigation to please call police.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are the family of Gordon Sims. He is a beloved brother, father, grandfather, son and uncle who was tragically taken from us January of this year. Gord was a loving, caring, thoughtful, funny, articulate man who did not deserve what was given to him,&quot; the family said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We as the family are pleading for any assistance, anything that is known.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kqBWloovtM?si=OZoGyoTBTBxrTO5S\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BC RCMP North District Major Crime Unit have conduct of the investigation and have released two additional&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca\/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2136&amp;languageId=1&amp;contentId=88268&amp;detachmentDataId=43587\">videos <\/a>showing an&nbsp;individual&nbsp;who may have information pertaining to the event and look to the public to help identify them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5qGPzeNCC4?si=ULauPRB8n2TpJOhH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The homicide of Gordon Sims occurred&nbsp;sometime between January 10 and 14, 2025&nbsp;within the 100 block of Fifth&nbsp;Street East in Vanderhoof.<\/p>\n<p>If you can identity this person, in the&nbsp;videos provided, or have any information about the homicide of Gordon Sims, you are asked to call the Vanderhoof RCMP at (250) 567-2222.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police wish to speak to an individual, who may have information pertaining to Gordon Sims death in 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