Six years ago, I was combing through my Facebook and I saw post from my cousin Julie Major. Her brother and his wife were frantically looking for their daughter Ashley who just days before had Facetimed her mom saying she was planning to return to her home in Niagara. Ashley never made it home. She was murdered in cold blood in her home in Salmon Arm then buried in a nearby field. It would be five and a half years before her body was located, and her boyfriend was charged with second degree murder. Today, Ashley's urn has a sacred spot in her parents' home, and Derek Favell is in jail awaiting trial by judge and jury. The trial is expected to go into next year sometime. This has been an agonizing journey for Ashley's friends and family. The pain has never stopped, and the wounds are broken open every time the family has to sit through a series of pre-trial proceedings. Fortunately, this ordeal will end but the pain will never wane for the people, including me, who have b...
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I hope you get to see Ashley again. I wish there was something I could do. Her story is not forgotten. If ever I can help please let me know. I will do anything I can to help you all find Ashley.
ReplyDeleteThis picture of Ashley is not at Margaret Falls. This picture was taken, I believe a week before she went missing, in Silver Creek, not far from the Silver Creek Community Park. Wasn't sure if you thought this was Margaret Falls.
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