METRO VANCOUVER -- One man has been arrested and charged in connection to the murder of 17-year-old Serena Vermeersch, the Surrey teen who was found dead Sept. 16 in East Newton.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said on Sunday night that the man was currently in custody, but no further details, including the name of the man, would be released until a joint press conference by the IHIT and Surrey RCMP on Monday morning.

Vermeersch was last seen taking a bus on 128 Street and 64 Avenue last Monday and reported missing by her mother the next day when she had not returned home.

Last Thursday, police said her death appeared to be a random crime and cautioned the public to be “vigilant.”

They had asked for public assistance in locating a man witnessed leaving the area in a pickup truck described as a gray or silver Dodge full size with a canopy and roof rack. The car was seen going West bound on 66th Avenue, u-turning at Uplands road and heading East bound on 66th towards 148th Street.

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