Mounties seek help in cold case

LAC LA BICHE, Alberta, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are appealing for help in a year-old investigation into the discovery of a man's burned body in a remote area in Alberta.

The Mounties released a photo of a piece of burned fabric with a distinctive color pattern found at the scene a year ago in Lac la Biche in east-central Alberta, and appealed for the public's help in identifying it.

Hunters who saw unusual smoke in the brush found and extinguished the burning body. Investigators determined it was a male between the ages of 25 and 55, but have made little further progress in identifying the remains.

No indication was given as to whether homicide or suicide is suspected.

The RCMP asked anyone with information to contact them through the anonymous Crime Stoppers telephone tip line or at the www.tipsubmit.com Web site.