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Kelowna mom still waiting for answers after daughter and her fiance found dead

Pair discovered in their Vancouver Island home in May identified as Rachel Gardner and Paul Jenkins
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The Crofton trailer park home where the bodies of two people were found. (Photo by Don Bodger)

A Kelowna woman is looking for answers and fearing the worst in the unexplained deaths of her daughter and her daughter害羞草研究所檚 fiance in Crofton more than a month ago.

害羞草研究所淚 need answers,害羞草研究所 said Tushia Levesque. 害羞草研究所淚 can害羞草研究所檛 let it rest till I do find out. The truth has to come out.害羞草研究所

Levesque said Rachel Gardner, 23, and Paul Jenkins, 46 were found dead in their Crofton trailer park home in early May. Their deaths are determined to have occurred late on May 1 or into the early morning hours of May 2, but not reported until the afternoon of May 3. The cause remains undetermined.

害羞草研究所淭here is nothing at this time for us to believe it is a homicide,害羞草研究所 noted North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Insp. Chris Bear.

害羞草研究所淚 can confirm that the BC Coroners Service is investigating two deaths that occurred in Crofton on May 1, 2021,害羞草研究所 noted Ryan Panton, manager of strategic communications and media relations. 害羞草研究所淎s the investigations remain open we cannot speculate on cause of death or provide any additional information at this time. In accordance with the Coroners Act and due to privacy considerations we do not release or confirm details related to identity.害羞草研究所

害羞草研究所淚 can confirm that this file is an active investigation in collaboration with the Coroners Office,害羞草研究所 added Bear. 害羞草研究所淲e do not feel there is any risk to the community.害羞草研究所

Bear noted anyone with information should contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP or Crime Stoppers. Other residents of the trailer park on Cecil Street who might have tips and have not been interviewed by police are encouraged to come forward.

害羞草研究所淢y daughter called me on the day she died and told me she was going to get married on the 14th of May,害羞草研究所 Levesque indicated.

The couple had an 18-month-old daughter who is under Levesque害羞草研究所檚 care.

She remains perplexed about what happened to the pair. Levesque came to Crofton less than a week after the deaths to see what she could find out, but there remains far more questions for her than answers at this point.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檝e been getting information since this happened,害羞草研究所 she said. 害羞草研究所淚t doesn害羞草研究所檛 make sense to me at all.害羞草研究所

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Investigations are ongoing into the deaths of two people in their trailer park home on Cecil Street in Crofton. (Photo by Don Bodger)


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