A 21-year-old Richmond man charged with kidnapping Peng Sun, a young man later found dead in North Vancouver Sept. 29, has been released on $25,000 bail.
Casey James Hiscoe was released following a bail hearing in North Vancouver provincial court Thursday. Hiscoe must abide by conditions including living with his mother in Richmond, obeying a house arrest curfew, handing over his passport to authorities and having no contact with three men who are co-accused in the case.
Another man, Tianyi Zhang, 23, has been charged in the first-degree murder of Sun in North Vancouver Sept. 28. By definition, any murder that occurs during a kidnapping is considered first degree. Zhang remains in custody and is expected to apply for bail in B.C. Supreme Court in November.
Two other men – Dyllan James Green, 20, and Jacob Michael Gorelik,18, both of Richmond – have also been charged with interfering with a body in connection with the case and have been released on $5,000 bail. Conditions for them include an 11 p.m. curfew and orders not to communicate with any of the co-accused.
Sun was found dead in North Vancouver Sept. 29 – possibly inside a white Bentley that was parked in the 900-block of Wellington Drive in Lynn Valley.
All four men charged in the case were arrested when police officers converged on Wellington Drive around 3 a.m. Sept. 29 in response to an active investigation involving multiple jurisdictions across the Lower Mainland.
Few details have been released about the case, including whether there is a connection between Sun and any of the accused.
