Suspect wanted in connection with arson and cat head left on doorstep
Posted Oct 26, 2011 4:57 pm.
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Calgary police are turning to the public for help in locating a man who allegedly set fire to a northeast home last year, while a family was inside.
Investigators believe the home in Temple was intentionally set ablaze on August 15th, 2010, and allege the suspect tried to trap homeowners inside by using an accelerate on both the front and back doors.
They also allege the suspect may have later left the severed head of a cat on a witnesses doorstep in an attempt to threaten them.
The cat was hit and killed by a car.
Police are searching for 25-year-old Joshua Nicholas Dyck.
Dyck is wanted on two counts of arson endangering life and one count of arson.
Anyone with information about DYCK’s whereabouts is asked to contact police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers anonymously using any of the following methods:
TALK: 1-800-222-8477
TYPE: tttTIPS.com
TEXT: tttTIPS to 274637
