Remains found in B.C. identified as woman who went missing in 2017

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 18, 2025 6:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Mounties successful British Columbia's Interior accidental quality remains recovered past period person been confirmed arsenic being a pistillate who went missing adjacent Sicamous astir 8 years ago.

They accidental the remains were discovered connected a agrarian spot successful Salmon Arm connected May 5, and the B.C. Coroners Service has since linked them to Nicole Bell.

She was 31 erstwhile she disappeared successful September 2017, and large transgression investigators who took behaviour of the lawsuit rapidly confirmed the woman's disappearance "was the effect of foul play."

She was 1 of 5 women who went missing successful the North Okanagan implicit a 20-month play successful 2016 and 2017, but constabulary accidental it has been established that the disappearances were not each associated to the aforesaid person.

But the RCMP quality merchandise says investigators judge the idiosyncratic liable for Bell's decease is the superior fishy successful the sidesplitting of astatine slightest 1 different victim, but that antheral is dead.  

Eighteen-year-old Traci Genereaux was reported missing connected June 9, 2017, and her remains were recovered erstwhile constabulary executed a hunt warrant connected Curtis Sagmoen's household workplace successful Salmon Arm successful October that year.

Police bash not sanction Sagmoen successful the quality release, but accidental they bash not judge determination is an ongoing menace to the nationalist arsenic the superior fishy is dead. 

Sagmoen was reported dormant successful a Vernon edifice successful April this year.

The merchandise says the Southeast District Major Crimes Unit continues to analyse the deaths of some women arsenic "additional parties to the offence person not yet been ruled out."

It is asking anyone with accusation astir their disappearances oregon murders to interaction the unit.