(PHOTO: Roger Belanger and his wife Justine. PROVIDED)

The Sudbury Star is reporting the woman accused of stealing money from a GoFundMe campaign intended for the widow of a man killed in a collision in Fort McMurray last summer has been found murdered.

Citing news reports, the Star says the remains of the woman were found in Mission B-C on March 29 and had been identified as belonging to Vikki Heppner, 28, by her mother.

Police in B.C. aren’t identifying the body but said they have a man described as her friend in custody. Ryan Jack Armstrong, 29, of Burnaby, B.C. is facing charges of second degree murder and indignity to a human body.

RCMP here in Fort McMurray confirmed to MyMcMurray in October they were investigating the theft of money in a GoFundMe campaign intended for Roger Belanger who was killed July 28th in a collision while on his way to work. He was just 29.

Belanger’s obituary described him as the “beloved husband, best friend and rock” to his wife Justine Belanger and father to the two “greatest joys of his life, Sébastien and Nikolas.”

The Wood Buffalo RCMP said at the time the complaints of fraud were brought to them on September 28 by a third party.

Const. Ashley Quallie said at the time it was too early in the investigation to say whether the complaint had weight and whether any charges would be laid. She did say the complaint came from a third party and that police were investigating the claim the money had not been given to the family of Roger Belanger as promised.

Family friend Rachel MacDonald told MyMcMurray the GoFundMe was started by Heppner and that following numerous attempts to get in touch with her, GoFundMe informed the family the more than $22,000 raised was gone.

Now, reports out of B.C. indicate Heppner left Fort McMurray after the news of the theft broke in October and accusations had come her way.

No charge has been laid to date in the theft investigation.

MacDonald said in the fall the family had opened a trust account through TD Bank in Woodstock, account number 6385655, to help make up for the lost funds the family had begun to count on for their future.