Trial of man charged with murder of Ashley Simpson to begin, 7½ years after B.C. woman went missing
Family of Ashley Simpson will be at B.C. Supreme Court in Salmon Arm for the first day of the trial of Derek Favell, who was charged with Ashley's murder after her remains were found outside the Shuswap city more than five years after she went missing.
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![Ashley Simpson vanished from the Salmon Arm area in April 2016. Her family spent five years looking for her organizing ground and drone searches. The RCMP located her remains in 2021. Photo of Ashley Simpson looking at the camera and smiling. She is wearing a ball cap on her head with sunglasses on the top of the rim.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4877045.1698622873!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ashley-simpson.jpg)
Family of Ashley Simpson will be at B.C. Supreme Court in Salmon Arm for the first day of the trial of Derek Favell, who was charged with Ashley's murder after her remains were found outside the Shuswap city more than five years after she went missing.