The provincial coroner’s office has never handled the remains of Laura Babcock.
Police have kept whether her body has been recovered secret from her family. However, the province’s coroner investigates any death by suspected homicide and would be involved if Babcock’s remains were found in the province.
Police have also refused to reveal their reasons for believing Babcock to be dead, adding to the mystery surrounding what led police to lay murder charges in her case.
Police charged Dellen Millard, 28, and Mark Smich, 26, with
first-degree murder in April in connection with Babcock’s death but her family remains in the dark over much of the case against the pair.
In a tearful phone interview with the Star, Linda Babcock said she holds out hope her daughter, who was 23 when she was reported missing in June 2012, is still alive.