The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is confirming the human remains found near Ucluelet earlier this month, are those of Ryan Daley and Daniel Archbald.
43-year-old Daley, and 37-year-old Archbald were reported missing to the Ucluelet RCMP in mid-May.
Inspector Dave Hall, Officer in Charge of Unit says identifying Daley and Archbald is a significant step in the investigation and RCMP can now focus their attention on answering the who, what, when, where and why, in an effort to determine who is responsible for the deaths which are being treated as a homicide.
RCMP say they recognize the significant public interest in several missing persons cases on Vancouver Island, in particular, the Archbald / Daley homicide investigation and the Ben Kilmer missing person investigation.
Kilmer went missing in the Cowichan Valley on the same day as Daley and Archibald.
However, police say there is no evidence at this time that establishes the investigations are connected and police say the widespread use of social media and the internet as sources of information, risks drawing linkages that do not exist or spreading false information that becomes increasingly difficult for police to untangle in their investigation.
