There’s been an update in the Cole Hosack murder investigation.
One of the three suspects has left Canada and is now living in the United States.
The suspect’s name and location aren’t being shared since no charges have been laid in connection with the case.
According to the North District Major Crime Unit, Hosack’s death is not linked to the Rob Girbav murder investigation, despite speculation on social media.
Girbav was killed on December 31, 2023, in Dawson Creek, and Hosack is believed to have been murdered just hours later.
After more than two years of work by the Major Crime Unit in Prince George, three first-degree murder charges were laid last week in connection to Girbav’s death.
‘Those two investigations, we don’t have any evidence to support that there is any connection. While I can’t comment on anything directly on any Major Crime or General Investigation file, I have cleared with the (NDMCU) Commander, that that information is appropriate to release, and that there is absolutely no evidentiary connection between those two files," said Staff Sergeant Rob Hughes of the Dawson Creek RCMP.
Hosack stopped in Dawson Creek on New Year’s on his way to Medicine Hat to start a new job.
According to sources, he and three other people went to the Lone Star that night. It is believed words were exchanged with three men who approached Cole while he was playing pool.
Cole went outside to have a cigarette when he was confronted. A fight ensued and Cole ran across Alaska Avenue to escape.
Three men were reported to have chased him across the Alaska Avenue. A source told CJDC TV News that the same three men were spotted on security camera footage.
A source also told CJDC, that Cole was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street before heading down the alley beside the TD Bank.
The North District Major Crime Unit also said that Hosack’s death is not connected to on-going drug turf war. Over the past 4 and half years, 10 people have been murdered in the Peace Region.
Last January, CJDC reported that the RCMP had made an arrest in the case after three suspects were under police surveillance.
One of the men was questioned and then released without being charged.
Starting next Wednesday, CJDC Reporter Noah Abel will be presenting a 3-part series that looks at the gang drug turf war, that has gripped the Peace Region since 2021.
-M. Popove CJDC
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