The mother of a Parksville woman missing for more than six years hopes this will be the year she finds out what happened to her daughter.
Carmel Gilmour was last seen driving her van in the Little Mountain area in Parksville on Nov. 15 of 2017.
B次元官网网址淢y intention is to lay her to rest this year because IB次元官网网址檓 not going to torture myself looking for the next 20 years for something I may never find,B次元官网网址� said mom Barbara Gilmour.
CarmelB次元官网网址檚 2002 Chevy Venture was located by RCMP parked at a highway rest stop near the Shady Rest in Qualicum Beach on Nov. 21, 2017. The vehicle was initially spotted there on Nov. 15 and was reported as being suspicious since it had not moved in at least six days, according to Sgt. Shane Worth of the Oceanside RCMP.
Since then the trail has gone cold, although CarmelB次元官网网址檚 mother, Barbara, has been investigating ever since.
She believes Carmel was given a fatal B次元官网网址渉ot shotB次元官网网址�, an overdose administered by someone else.
Carmel was addicted to drugs and lived in her van, Barbara said and became involved with dangerous people she said prey on vulnerable individuals.
She said CarmelB次元官网网址檚 role was to transport supplies into bush camps used by drug dealers. One route for this purpose travels down Melrose Road between Whiskey Creek and Qualicum Beach, according to Barbara.
RCMP searched CarmelB次元官网网址檚 van and found no sign of any struggle or violence. No items such as keys, a cellphone, a purse or wallet turned up either, according to police.
Recently the case was covered at length on the , which included an interview with Barbara.
She said she still receives information regarding her daughterB次元官网网址檚 case, and said itB次元官网网址檚 a mixture of credible tips and others that seem way off.
B次元官网网址淭here have been a lot of different speculations,B次元官网网址� Barbara said. B次元官网网址淭here have been quite a number that focus it in the same direction and itB次元官网网址檚 a difficult situation at best because it involves another prominent case in this area and theyB次元官网网址檙e both open investigations and so itB次元官网网址檚 a little tricky.B次元官网网址�
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The other prominent case refers to the . Barbara said she believes the person responsible for CarmelB次元官网网址檚 death died in that incident.
B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 something going on around here and there are a lot of people who know about it and there are people who are leaving the area over it,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e spoken to several of them. Some of them when they were here prior to leaving the area, some of them IB次元官网网址檝e contacted through comments on missing person sites.B次元官网网址�
Although she and her daughter were estranged, Carmel was always in touch with someone, Barbara said. She added that Carmel would return to her periodically, and would not abandon her children.
B次元官网网址淥ne of the reasons I did come forward with this is sheB次元官网网址檚 been deemed a missing person. Legally speaking thatB次元官网网址檚 what she is,B次元官网网址� Barbara said. B次元官网网址淪o a lot of people steer in that direction, that sheB次元官网网址檚 just missing and sheB次元官网网址檚 going to come home. ItB次元官网网址檚 agonizing, actually, for me.B次元官网网址�
She hopes Carmel will be remembered as a beautiful person who was loved.
B次元官网网址淎nybody that comes to me tells me what a beautiful person she was, what a good heart she had,B次元官网网址� Barbara said. B次元官网网址淪he loved her kids and she was a super hard worker. She was just a really good person who went down a bad path.B次元官网网址�
Oceanside RCMP hope someone in the community has information about CarmelB次元官网网址檚 disappearance and are asking for assistance in locating her.
If anyone has any information about Carmel GilmourB次元官网网址檚 disappearance, please contact the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 quoting file No. 2017-10474.
