Fredericton Police Chief Gary Forward says a homeless encampment is the structure that emergency crews responded to when they found the remains of a woman in a wooded area on the city’s north side last week.
Chief Gary Forward declines to release name of woman who died
Aidan Cox · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 02, 2026 4:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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First responders went to the scene because of a fire and discovered the woman’s remains after putting it out. (Allyson McCormack/CBC)
The burned structure where emergency responders found a woman’s remains was that of a homeless encampment, said officials with the City of Fredericton.
Police Chief Gary Forward said a fire at the encampment was what firefighters were responding to when they found the remains of a woman last Thursday in a wooded area near Two Nations Crossing.
Forward said the woman has been identified, but, he declined to disclose her name.
“What I can tell you right now is that our investigation, to date is not … leading us to believe that there’s anything suspicious,” said Forward,
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