Skip to content
  1. Home
  2. News

Man charged with murder in death of Shuswap woman denied bail

Derek Favell faces second-degree murder charge in death of Ashley Simpson
Martha Wickett
Martha Wickett
29112496_web1_200429-SAA-Ashley-Simpson
The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Ashley Simpson was denied bail in BC Supreme Court in Kamloops on May 12, 2022. (File photo)

The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Shuswap resident Ashley Simpson will be remaining in custody.

In BC Supreme Court in Kamloops on May 12, Justice G.P. Weatherill pronounced judgment on a bail review for Derek Lee Matthew Favell, where he was denied bail.

The bail hearing was subject to a publication ban.

Favell, 39, the former boyfriend of Simpson, is scheduled to return to court in Salmon Arm in June.

Ashley Simpson, 32, was last seen on April 27, 2016 near Salmon Arm. Her remains were found more than five years later on Nov. 26, 2021.

Read more: PHOTOS: ‘We deserve to be here’: Dozens mark Red Dress Day in Vancouver

Read more: Family of woman killed in Shuswap looks for ‘new normal’


martha.wickett@saobserver.net
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and subscribe to our daily newsletter.
Martha Wickett

About the Author: Martha Wickett

came to Salmon Arm in May of 2004 to work at the Observer. I was looking for a change from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Mainland, where I had spent more than a decade working in community newspapers.
Read more