A large section of Pacific Spirit Park near 41st and Camosen is still sealed off to the public and will remain so until at least Wednesday as investigators hunt for clues in the murder Wendy Ladner-Beaudry.

Her death, in broad daylight on a popular jogging trail, has triggered an enormous police investigation and a warning to the public -- and has many people in this affluent Vancouver neighbourhood questioning their safety.

Elaine Cotton went for a run in the park last week and it will be a long time before she goes again.

"It's shocking and horrible. I've just been unsettled by it all," she said. "I don't know exactly what happened, so I don't know who's at risk, but it certainly seems to me anyone running alone could be at risk."

On Friday afternoon a hiker found Ladner-Beaudry's body; she was murdered while jogging on a trail.

Police can't say if the attack was random but the public is being warned to be careful.

"It still exists as a strong possibility that this was a random act. Based on that, we encourage the community to pay attention to that, and to conduct themselves accordingly when they're using these nature trails, or any nature trails in the Lower Mainland," said RCMP spokesman Corp. Peter Thiessen.

The RCMP are planning to step up patrols in the area, as is a private security company that does volunteer patrols in Kerrisdale and along the perimeter of the park.

"With this event that happened we try to do more patrols in the area, especially telling the females in the area to be careful," said Carolyn Klaassen of Genesis Security.

According to women's crisis groups, stranger attacks are very rare.

"It doesn't hurt to take precautions but also to be aware as women. The men who attack us are almost always men we know, have some relationship with; not always very close relations, but often casual acquaintances. Friends of family, family members," said Daisy Kler of the Vancouver Women's Shelter

The RCMP have received about 30 tips and the a large homeless population living in the park as well, about 50 or so transients, is being questionned.

Ladner-Beaudry was a wife and mother of two daughters. She was also a talented athlete who promoted sports to low-income families.

"I know Wendy would have fought to the death, and I guess that's why she's dead she fought and she taught her girls to fight," said her husband Michel Beaudry.

He wants her work to continue.

Sandra Stevenson was her boss at KidSport Canada, and one of her closest friends.

"I was absolutely devastated. I spent four hours with her on Thursday -- on work she was doing. We were involved in a food bank project," said Stevenson.

"She was going to food banks and instead of trying to get the kids turned on to sport she was turning on the moms, because her research found unless moms get involved in sports kids never follow," said Beaudry.

He said he is finding it hard to take in his loss.

"It was an act of evil, and I'm sad to say I believe evil is taking over Vancouver. If we don't do something about this and ask ourselves what our community is about, and listening harder and get nosier and asking people what they're doing in our neighborhoods its going to get worse," he said.

With reports by CTV British Columbia's Jina You and Shannon Patterson.