While Pham's body was found in the apartment at the Heatley Block on Feb. (Submitted by Cody Munch)īoth sides of the O'Soup family have been critical of police and the Ministry of Children and Family Development's response to their niece's case, questioning why an amber alert was not issued when she disappeared from her group home and why it took so long for her body to be found. Vancouver Police confirmed Pham was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant at the time of his death in February.ĬBC News also learned Noelle and the other woman were not the first women to die in Pham's presence - a third woman died of an overdose in a room he rented at Canada Hotel.Ĭody Munch, left, had been applying for custody of Noelle O'Soup when she fled her Port Coquitlam group home. This week, transcripts and audio recordings of both court and immigration hearings obtained by CBC News revealed Pham had a long history of using and selling drugs to vulnerable people in the Downtown Eastside, and had been ordered deported from Canada to Vietnam as early as 2016. The tenant has since been identified by CBC News and other news outlets as 46-year-old Van Chung Pham. in May, months after the body of the apartment's tenant was discovered by police.

The body of O'Soup and another woman who has not been publicly identified were found in an apartment at 405 Heatley Ave. The family of Noelle O'Soup says they believe multiple levels of government and the judicial system failed to protect their 14-year-old niece from a man who was known to be a danger to vulnerable women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and questions why the public wasn't warned of his release from custody.

WARNING: This story discusses violence against Indigenous women and girls and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone who has.

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