Murder victim identified

Caesar Rosales of Kelowna has been identified as the 55-year-old victim fatally stabbed on a city bus last Thursday.

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Police are reporting the attack to be random.

Rosales’ LinkedIn profile identifies him as a business systems analysts at Kelowna Flightcraft. He apparently worked in the Vancouver area for several years.  

In a news release sent Monday morning, Flightcraft Human Resources Director, Grant Stevens described Rosales as intelligent, gentle, caring and passionate.

"Kelowna Flightcraft staff and management were stunned, shocked, and heartbroken to learn a valued employee, colleague, and friend was lost to an unspeakable act of violence on Thursday October 30th, 2014.

Caesar Rosales moved to Kelowna only two years ago to join Kelowna Flightcraft as a Business Systems Analyst – part of our Information Services team. He brought tremendous skills and training from his previous work in both Vancouver and the Philippines.

Over the last two years he became a part of the Flightcraft family, working with 100’s of our employees across the organization, participating in social club activities, contributing on several large projects, and developing a strong circle of friends and colleagues.

As a person, Caesar was intelligent, gentle, caring, and passionate. He took the opportunity to live life to the fullest – skydiving, bungy jumping, zip lining, hiking, and walking the CN Tower – all in the last few years. He loved to film and share his adventures, creating his own YouTube channel.

Caesar’s murder wounds us all, leaves a void where he once worked, and played. He leaves behind co-workers, friends and family (son in Greater Vancouver and a brother in the Philippines) and will be sorely missed. Our condolences go out to his family. Funeral arrangements are still pending.

Rest in Peace Caesar."

Tyler Newton, 24, has been charged with second degree murder in the death of Rosales.