Someone set a car on fire behind an Edmonton house at 1:30 in the afternoon, on a Sunday, in June.
Two months later, the Edmonton Police Service has released three surveillance photos of a woman it wants to identify.
What police say happened
On Sunday, June 14, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police received reports of fire damage to a vehicle near 104 Street and 112 Avenue. The vehicle was on a parking pad at the rear of a residence.
Investigators have since determined the fire was deliberately set.
The description
At the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing a black ballcap, black pants, a black t-shirt and black-and-white runners.
She was carrying three things: a pink crossbody bag, a dark-coloured backpack and a blue plastic bag.
That's an unusual amount to be carrying, and the pink bag against otherwise all-black clothing is the detail most likely to jog someone's memory.
If you recognize her
Call the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567, or #377 from a mobile phone.
To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at p3tips.com/250.
Why it took two months
Police appeals like this usually come at the end of a process rather than the start.
A fire has to be examined before anyone can say it was deliberately set. That determination is separate from identifying who set it, and it typically involves Edmonton Fire Rescue Services alongside the police Arson Unit.
Then investigators canvass for surveillance footage, pull what exists, and work through it. Releasing images to the public is what happens when internal work hasn't produced a name.
Which means anyone who recognizes her is now the most useful lead police have.
Your camera has probably already erased June 14
This is the part worth acting on if you live in that area.
Most doorbell cameras and home surveillance systems record on a loop. Depending on the plan and the storage, the retention window runs from a few days to a few weeks. Two months is well past that for almost everyone.
If you saved anything from June 14, it matters more than anything recorded since. If you back up footage automatically to a cloud service, that archive may still hold it even if the device doesn't.
Anyone with a camera covering a back lane between 104 Street and the surrounding blocks is worth checking.
A parking pad fire is not a small thing
A vehicle burning at the rear of a residence sits metres from a house, a fence and usually a garage.
Vehicle fires reach temperatures that ignite adjacent structures quickly, and a fuel tank and pressurized components make them unpredictable. That a fire set behind a home at 1:30 in the afternoon damaged only the vehicle is closer to luck than design.
The Criminal Code treats arson more seriously when a fire shows disregard for human life or when the property is a dwelling, and the charge that eventually gets laid depends on what investigators conclude about the circumstances.
Police have not said whether anyone was home.
What police haven't said
Whether the vehicle's owner was targeted. Whether there is any connection to another incident. Whether they believe the suspect acted alone.
EPS has run multiple arson investigations this year, including a March fire that destroyed a home under construction near 108 Street and 85 Avenue. Police have not connected this vehicle fire to that or to any other case, and there is nothing in the release suggesting a link.
Sources
Police looking for suspect after vehicle arson — Edmonton Police Service, media release AR26R005, August 12, 2026
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