Martha Wickett

Feb 7, 2024 | vernonmorningstar.com | Martha Wickett

By Martha Wickett Contributor The sentencing of Derek Lee Mathew Favell, 39, who pleaded guilty in October 2023 to the 2016 killing of Ashley Simpson, has been delayed for four months. Simpson, 32 when she was killed, went missing from the Yankee Flats area near Salmon Arm in April of that year. On Oct. 30, 2023, the day Derek Favell’s trial for second-degree murder was scheduled to begin in BC Supreme Court in Salmon Arm, he pleaded guilty. Sentencing was then set for Feb. 13, 2024.

Feb 7, 2024 | kelownacapnews.com | Martha Wickett

By Martha Wickett Contributor The sentencing of Derek Lee Mathew Favell, 39, who pleaded guilty in October 2023 to the 2016 killing of Ashley Simpson, has been delayed for four months. Simpson, 32 when she was killed, went missing from the Yankee Flats area near Salmon Arm in April of that year. On Oct. 30, 2023, the day Derek Favell’s trial for second-degree murder was scheduled to begin in BC Supreme Court in Salmon Arm, he pleaded guilty. Sentencing was then set for Feb. 13, 2024.

Jan 15, 2024 | kelownacapnews.com | Martha Wickett

By Martha Wickett Contributor The past and present reunited recently, providing satisfaction and joy for two families in the Shuswap. Decades ago, Percy Ruth, grandfather to Robin Ruth who is co-owner of Pedro’s Farm Market, was good friends with Harry Tomma, father of Leo Tomma and his sisters Patsy, Virginia and Molly. The Tommas, who are Secwépemc, have ties to the region dating back hundreds if not thousands of years.

Oct 31, 2023 | vicnews.com | Martha Wickett

By Martha Wickett Contributor Cindy and John Simpson, parents of Ashley Simpson, described it as the sweetest word they'd heard in seven years. "Guilty" was the word. Rather than the first day of a scheduled 20-day trial on Monday, Oct. 30, Derek Lee Mathew Favell pleaded guilty in Salmon Arm to killing Ashley Simpson. Ashley, then 32, went missing from the Yankee Flats area near Salmon Arm in April of 2016. Favell is charged with killing her on April 27.

Oct 31, 2023 | thenorthernview.com | Martha Wickett

By Martha Wickett Contributor Cindy and John Simpson, parents of Ashley Simpson, described it as the sweetest word they’d heard in seven years. “Guilty” was the word. Rather than the first day of a scheduled 20-day trial on Monday, Oct. 30, Derek Lee Mathew Favell pleaded guilty in Salmon Arm to killing Ashley Simpson. Ashley, then 32, went missing from the Yankee Flats area near Salmon Arm in April of 2016. Favell is charged with killing her on April 27.