RCMP say a missing person case on Vancouver Island is now a homicide.
Police think 41-year-old Jennifer McPherson, who was reported missing on May 1st, was the victim of murder.
Based on investigative work since that day, 37-year-old Traigo Ehkid Andretti has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
Members of the RCMP forensic identification section along with several other police teams will remain on Hanson Island for several more days, searching for evidence.
Hanson island is located approximately five miles by boat from Telegraph Cove, south of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island.
Photo: Jennifer McPherson