Police plan service for deceased Vancouver addict

Vancouver police will hold a memorial service for a drug addict who urged young people to stay away from drugs.

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April Reoch's body was discovered on Christmas Day. It had been stuffed into a bag and put out with the garbage.

Reoch was the inspiration for the National Film Board documentary "Through a Blue Lens". It was made by police officers and focused on the lives of six drug addicts.

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Vancouver police have arranged for an official piper, a ceremonial parade and a church service Monday afternoon.

Const. Al Arsenault says Reoch was the inspiration for the documentary and she did society a great service.

"And then she was unceremoniously stuffed into a bag and treated with so much disrespect, we felt we could give her a more fitting send-off than the one received upon death," he says.

The investigation into her death is continuing.