Police reveal new development in shocking Oak Bay home invasion, machete attack

Police say they have a new lead in their investigation into a random home invasion in 2017 that left an Oak Bay, B.C., woman with severe slash wounds following a machete attack.

Police say they have a new lead in their investigation into a random home invasion in 2017 that left an Oak Bay, B.C., woman with severe slash wounds following a machete attack.

On April 25, 2017, an unknown intruder broke into a beachfront home in the 2500-block of Esplanade Road and violently attacked a woman with what police describe as a machete.

The ensuing manhunt triggered lockdowns at nearby schools and prompted police to warn residents to lock their doors while home.

The next day, another crime scene was discovered approximately 45 kilometres away in Sooke, B.C.

Police now say the two crime scenes are connected by a pickup truck that was recorded travelling between them.

"Evidence shows a vehicle, captured on video, going back and forth on Sooke Road from this secondary scene," according to a statement Tuesday from Saanich police, who are helping Oak Bay police with the investigation.

"This vehicle is a blue Ford Explorer Sport Trac with some unique characteristics," police said.

Investigators did not describe the unique characteristics or elaborate on the nature of the Sooke crime scene.