The 2022 BC Homicide Victim List is available here

Quesnel RCMP received a report of a missing person on January 4th 2022. RCMP said Carmelita Louise Abraham, 33. was last seen when she was provided with a ride to Quesnel from Williams Lake.

RCMP announced on January 13th that 51-year-old Joseph Simpson was arrested and the B.C. Prosecution Service charged him with murder and indignity to human remains in relation to the death of Abraham.

Sanjaya Wijayakoon of the B.C. RCMP Major Crime Unit said Abraham and Simpson knew each other.