VICTORIA – Eighteen-year-old Kim Proctor of Langford, B.C., has been identified as the victim in a homicide investigation following the discovery of a burned body in a wooded area on Vancouver Island.
A press release from the RCMP said that the B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Proctor’s identity. The person responsible for the crime is still at large, RCMP district spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan said, and he is warning joggers and cyclists – especially girls and women – to be extremely cautious while using the Galloping Goose Trail, the popular hiking trail where Proctor’s remains were found.
"We can’t say with certainty that there isn’t a risk (to the public)," said Lagan.
Proctor was a recent student at Pacific Secondary. Jim Cambridge, superintendent of the Sooke School District, said grief counselling is being provided to students.
"We are deeply saddened and shocked to learn about the violent death of Kim Proctor, who has been a student in our district since Kindergarten," said Cambridge in a release.
"Our focus now is to support staff and students. We will be providing grief counselling and addressing other needs as required at any of our schools, but in particular her most recent school, Pacific Secondary."
Dozens of investigators from the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, West Shore RCMP, the RCMP Forensic Identification Unit and the B.C. Coroners Service are working on the case.
Police have canvassed neighbours in the area, but most said they hadn’t noticed anything.
Jenny Gingras, who lives in a subdivision that backs onto the Galloping Goose Trail, said investigators were asking how often youth gather under a bridge on the trail.
She said that on most weekend nights, teens are down there drinking and partying – which might be why loud noises or shouting might not seem out of the ordinary to residents.
Police have not said how long the body was there before it was found, but Gingras said that portion of the trail tends to be very busy with joggers and cyclists.
"I don’t see it (the woman’s body) being there very long," she said.
Victoria Times Colonist
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