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RCMP said last year it was very out of character for Ashley to have no contact with family and friends, and feared foul play was involved in her disappearance.

“We hope that if we can get closure, we can bring her home,” said Simpson, who has travelled several times to B.C. to search for his daughter. “It has been a long 18 months.”

Less than three months after Simpson was reported missing, a woman who lived on the same Yankee Flats Road also disappeared: Deanna Wertz, 46. She left her home July 19, 2016 to go for a walk in the nearby woods and never returned, which was also out of character for her.

“Ashley Simpson lived across the street from my sister Deanna Wertz who is also missing,” Alanna Wertz posted recently on Facebook, where she has begged for answers in her sister’s case.

On Monday night, Alanna Wertz said she had no information about whether the search of the farm had anything to do with her missing sister’s case. She added she would wait a few more days before asking police if they can provide her family with any details, such as when forensic testing will be done on the remains.

“The investigator has not contacted myself or any other family members since the human remains were found. There has been next to no info at all from the authorities,” she said in a message to Postmedia.

Caitlin Potts, 27, was last in contact with her family on Feb. 22, 2016. She had been in a Kelowna mall the day before, and police believed she vanished from the South Okanagan as she had connections to the communities of Salmon Arm, Enderby and Armstrong.