Body of missing Langley, B.C., senior found months after she went missing

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 19, 2025 7:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Mounties successful Langley, B.C., accidental the assemblage of an 82-year-old pistillate has been recovered respective months aft she went missing. 

Jane Whitehouse was reported missing connected Oct. 25 past year. 

Police said she was past seen that time successful the suburb of Aldergrove.

Her bare grey Dodge Grand Caravan was recovered a fewer days later.

Police said the conveyance had tally disconnected the East Harrison wood work roadworthy successful Agassiz, B.C., astir 120 kilometres eastbound of Vancouver.

Over 1,000 hours went into the hunt for Whiteouse, which included helicopters, drones with FLIR (forward-looking infrared) and hunt dogs. 

Search and rescue said astatine the time, it found nary vigor signatures oregon scents. Searchers said the information that 1 of Whitehouse's shoes was recovered adjacent her van and the different connected a steep precipice had led them and the family to the decision that she had astir apt slipped into the swollen waters of the creek.

The hunt effort was called disconnected successful November arsenic wintertime conditions acceptable in, and the household said the missing elder was apt deceased.

The spokesperson said the household was astatine bid with wherever things were at, and they thanked everyone who assisted successful the hunt efforts.

An RCMP connection says the woman's origin of decease is not considered suspicious, and they connection condolences to her household and friends.