Foul play is not suspected in the death of a Tofino woman who is believed to have died of hypothermia early Sunday morning.
Shannon Boothman is believed to have been walking to a friend’s house during a heavy storm in Tofino on Saturday night and was discovered deceased in the early morning hours Sunday.
“Based on the preliminary investigation, the death was deemed non-suspicious and the coroner has taken conduct of the matter, as is the usual practice involving non suspicious deaths,” Tofino RCMP detachment commander Sgt.