Leonard Dyck, whose body was found July 19 in northern British Columbia and who is thought to be one of the three victims of a pair of suspected teenage killers who sparked a manhunt, was a lecturer at the University of British Columbia who shared his enthusiasm for the natural world with students, the CBC reports.
Dyck, a 64-year-old father of two, is thought to have been killed while on a solo camping trip. His body was found near the burned camper truck of two teenagers who are also suspected of having killed a couple on vacation. The suspects were themselves found dead yesterday (August 7), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced.
In a remembrance posted on the website of UBC’s Department of Botany, Patrick Martone, a professor in the department, writes that Dyck earned a bachelor’s degree in marine biology in 1978, a master’s in botany in 1991, and ...
