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The suspected animal attack near Bella Coola

  1. Update 2 of 2LatestDay 94 days later

    Grizzly captured after mother and daughter’s deaths near Bella Coola; link unproven

    Officers have an animal to assess after Jennifer Balcarras and Selah Reed’s deaths, but no announced forensic result links it to the suspected attack. The trail warning remains in place.

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    • Jennifer Balcarras and her daughter, Selah Reed, set out for what their family expected to be a short afternoon walk near Bella Coola, British Columbia. They knew the trail, roughly a five-minute drive from home. Balcarras, 48, was an art therapist and mother of four; Reed worked as an education assistant and studied online through Athabasca University. Relatives described a shared love of art and hiking. Neither woman returned.
  2. Update 1 of 2Day 4

    Mother and daughter found dead near Bella Coola; suspected attack unresolved

    Jennifer Balcarras and her daughter, Selah Reed, were found dead after a familiar walk close to home. An animal attack is suspected, but investigators have not confirmed what killed them.

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    • The conservation service says the second victim has been found dead.

Who reported

Who reported

72 outlets · 137 sources · 11 videos

39 of 72 had reported by this moment

Who reported what

Points more than one outlet reported

Points only one outlet reported11

Only reported by CBC News

Only reported by Global British Columbia

Only reported by CTV News

Only reported by BBC News

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Timeline

Timeline

Day 9 · 2 reports

  1. Balcarras and Reed go for an afternoon walk and do not return.

  2. Their family reports them missing.

  3. Searchers find Balcarras’s remains in the Snooka West Trail area.

  4. The conservation service says the second victim has been found dead.

  5. First to report

Who's involved

Who's involved

Organizations

  • Nuxalk NationFirst Nation in British Colombia

Places

  • Bella Coola
Grizzly captured after mother and daughter’s deaths near Bella Coola; link unproven