My cousin Ashley Simpson has been missing for 20 days now, and the B.C. RCMP have turned their files over to the major crimes division. They have assured the family that they have made the change so they can tap into the greater resources of the homicide division, a 14-person team who will stay on the case until it's resolved. In the coming days, warrants will be sworn, and they will use DNA swabs to pursue persons of interest in the case. They will also be searching the 25 acres surrounding the place where Ashley was living in Salmon Arm. "I have to admit, the update isn't rosy," her father John wrote me in an email. "We still hope she may be found alive, but they haven't found any sign of her." The case has pitted people against each other. There is the camp that prefers to light candles, and look to the skies for inspiration. And there are others who are more pragmatic, who are hoping for the best, bracing for the worst. I fall in the la...
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