The coming of the cold winds of April is a bittersweet time for me. Two years ago in April, we welcomed our second granddaughter, a little nugget who has changed my life for the better. But it is also the month, two years ago, when my cousin Ashley Simpson went missing from her home in Salmon Arm, B.C. I didn't know Ashley before she disappeared, most people didn't. But now she is famous with her image on t-shirts and posters, as the subject of many stories on television and in print. We all want our 15 minutes of fame. Being murdered and missing will get you that. It would be terrible enough if Ashley's disappearance was just a solo event. Unfortunately, she has become the member of a club no one ever wanted to join. She is among several women who have disappeared from her area. Only one has been located, and she wound up dead, found in a field near Silver Creek, B.C. What happened to Ashley, Caitlin Potts, Deanna Wertz, and Nicole Bell? Maybe we'll never
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