RCMP have confirmed that two cousins who went missing in Dawson Creek, B.C., have been found dead weeks apart.
On Tuesday, police announced they had identified the remains of Darylyn Supernant, who was 29 when she was last seen alive on March 15, 2023.
Supernant’s remains were found April 19, 2024, on the 219 Road of Dawson Creek, a city of approximately 12,000 residents about 750 kilometres northeast of Vancouver and 20 kilometres from the Alberta border. Police say DNA testing was done to confirm her identity.
Supernant has been identified just weeks after police confirmed the death of her cousin, Renee Didier (Supernant), who went missing on Dec. 2, 2023, and whose remains were found May 18 near the Kiskatinaw River, which runs west of the city.
Both women are Cree, according to family, who also said they are not believed to have had the same social circles.
The pair are among four people to go missing in Dawson Creek throughout 2023, prompting community-wide searches and questions about public safety. At the time, RCMP reported a rise in gang-related violence — so much so that additional officers from the province’s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team were deployed to the area to support local police.
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