The RCMP are investigating the homicide of a Lower Mainland woman at the Best Western Hotel in West Kelowna.

Police were called to the hotel Sunday evening on a report a woman needed assistance, said RCMP Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau.

The woman was dead when officers arrived.

“A man was arrested a short distance from the hotel and he is currently in police custody,” she said.

“At this point we can confirm that the man and woman were known to each other and they are from the Lower Mainland.”

Linteau said the man and the woman were guests at the hotel, However, she said investigators