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Derek Kelly missing person case now
treated as a homicide
Friday, January 1, 2010
Vancouver Sun
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP said on Friday that
a two-year-old missing person case in the B.C.
Interior is now being investigated as a homicide.
Derek Kelly, 31, of Langley, was last seen at a New
Year's Eve party in the area of Bridge Lake and
Highway 24, near 100 Mile House, on Jan.1, 2008.
Although classified as a missing persons file, the
matter is being treated as a homicide, the RCMP
said, in a news release Friday.
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk no charges
have been laid in connection with the homicide of
Kelly.
He said in the spring of 2008, investigators
searched a property in the area and found
"valuable evidence" that has advanced the case.
"We have also identified several potential
witnesses who have been approached by
investigators, but for unknown reasons, have to
date been reluctant to cooperate with police," he
said.
"The investigators are confident in saying that the
outstanding witness evidence could very well
unlock the puzzle."
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