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Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
Friends of an Abbotsford woman who has been missing for over a week believe she may be the person whose body was found on Riverside Road on Monday morning. Abbotsford Police were still confirming the woman’s identity as of press deadline on Wednesday, as well as the cause of death. But a man who spoke with The News said he has been told that his friend, whose name will not be published until official police confirmation, is the possible victim. The man lives in and owns an east Abbotsford home in which he has rented a room to the woman for the last six years. He said his friend suffers from mental-health issues and she left the home on Sunday, Feb. 10 after an argument with her boyfriend, who also lives in the residence. She has not been heard from or seen since, he said. Friends reported her absence to police, and were in the process of putting together missing person posters when they heard about the Riverside Road incident. The man said the woman has a friend who lives on Riverside Road, and it was quite likely she could have been on her way to see him. On Monday at about 10:15 a.m., a passerby found the body of a woman at the side of Riverside, about halfway between King and Vye roads. Police have ruled out natural causes, but an autopsy was still underway on Wednesday to determine whether the death was the result of a homicide, a hit-and-run, or some other factor.
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Mike de Jong is the first MLA from Abbotsford to hold the position of provincial finance minister, and the first to deliver a B.C. budget as a local representative. On Tuesday, de Jong delivered a pre-election balanced budget in the Victoria legislature. The News was there to record the day and interview de Jong.
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