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Five people have been declared as missing or murdered in the past week, by RCMP in northern B.C. Officers do not yet know if the cases are related but have shared that they discovered three bodies and a burned vehicle on the same highway, at separate locations.

The unsettling string of events began early morning on Monday, July 14, when officers discovered the bodies of a tourist couple on the side of the Alaska Highway, 20 kilometres south of Liard Hot Springs.

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Police identified the couple as Australian Lucas Fowler, 23 and American Chynna Deese, 24. The couple were reportedly travelling through northern B.C. to Alaska in a blue Chevrolet van. According to a press conference on Friday, police believe they were fatally shot sometime between 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon and 8 a.m. Monday, at the same location. It is unclear whether they were killed inside or outside the van.

They were last seen by a travelling mechanic and his wife at 3:30 pm on Sunday. Curtis Broughton said he noticed the couple’s van parked at the side of the highway. “There was a van broken down on the side of the road and we pulled over to see if they needed help,” said Broughton, according to Global News. The pair appeared “happy and smiling” and assured Broughton that they had the situation under control.