A death initially thought to be non-criminal is now being investigated as a homicide, more than a year after the victim died.

On Thursday, June 20, 2024, Dwight Bennett went into medical distress at a unit in Blue Quill Garden Apartments in southwest Edmonton (12025 – 25 Ave.)

EMS responded and took the 39-year-old to hospital, where he died later that day.

“Given the initial call for service was deemed medical, there was no police involvement at the time,” the Edmonton Police Service said on Thursday.

A few weeks after his death, a funeral was held and Bennett was buried in an Edmonton cemetery. His obituary said he was survived by his parents, two brothers and three sisters.

“He loved life, his work, and his time spent in Jamaica,” the obituary said. “He loved his family uncondi

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