A murder suspect has been identified as one of the victims that was aboard a small aircraft that went down on the weekend.
The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit in British Columbia is confirming 36-year-old Gene Karl Lahrkamp was among four people that perished when the plane went down near Kukukus Lake near Sioux Lookout.
The Unit says Lahrkamp was among two Canadian suspects being sought after by authorities in Thailand for the murder of a British Columbia gangster in February.
The other was apprehended in Calgary a few weeks later.
Lahrkamp was recently placed number two on a list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives.
In their release, OPP identify him as being from Kincardine, Ontario.
Others in the crash were 26-year-old Abhinav Handa of Richmond, B.C., the pilot of the privately-owned plane, and 37-year-old Duncan Bailey of Kamloops, B.C.
The identity of a fourth person has not been released pending notification of next of kin.
The Transportation Safety Board is still looking into why the plane crashed.
OPP had said the crash happened sometime between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. the next morning.
