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B.C. RCMP asking Bow Valley residents for help investigating suspicious death

"We would also like to speak to anybody who may have encountered hitchhikers in that area, or has dash camera video of driving through Kootenay National Park on May 5 or 6." 

RADIUM – The B.C. RCMP is asking the for help from the public investigating a suspicious death.

On May 6, the body of 35-yer-old Brenda Ware was found 54 kilometres northeast of Radium along Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park. 

Ware was known to be in the Didsbury, Alta. area and then travelled to Kootenay National Park, where her body and vehicle – a red 2019 Jeep Cherokee – were discovered. 

Anyone who saw her from May 4-6, or her vehicle, licence plate YPC 553, is asked to contact the B.C. RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit, which is in charge of the investigation. 

Ware is described at five feet, one inches tall, 108 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. 

"We are hoping someone may have seen Brenda, or her car, prior to her death," said BC RCMP Spokesperson Dawn Roberts in a press release.

"We would also like to speak to anybody who may have encountered hitchhikers in that area, or has dash camera video of driving through Kootenay National Park on May 5 or 6." 

Anyone with information is asked to call the SED Major Crime Unit's information line at 1-877-987-8477. 
 

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