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Nanaimo RCMP say they’ve found the body of missing Nanaimo teen Makayla Chang and believe she was murdered.

She was last seen in Nanaimo on March 17. She was reported missing by her family on March 22.

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Police are now investigating Chang’s apparent death as a homicide; they do not believe the public is at risk. The Nanaimo Serious Crime Unit is leading the investigation.

“This remains a priority investigation with dedicated resources tasked with determining the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and murder of Chang,” Nanaimo RCMP said in a statement.

At one point a report suggested she might have travelled as far as Montreal, but police discounted that report.

In early April, police located Steven Bacon, the 53 year old believed to have been with 16-year-old Chang when she disappeared.

A police spokesman would not say where Bacon was located or whether he had been with Chang or knew of her whereabouts.