Daughter of murdered Kamloops woman calls arrest in cold case ‘bittersweet’

On June 19, 2000, 27-year-old Fehr was reported missing to the Kamloops RCMP. She was last seen in Abbotsford on April 23, 2000, when she had Easter dinner with her family including her two daughters.

“After dinner, Angel, who was five months pregnant, left with her boyfriend Trent Larsen, to drive back to their home in Kamloops,” police said. “Despite attempts by family to contact Angel, she was never seen or heard from again… When police discovered she had missed a pre-natal appointment and there had been no activity on her banking or cell phone records, investigators suspected criminality was involved in Angel’s disappearance.”

Larsen is now 52 years old, and has been charged with second-degree murder after Fehr’s body was discovered on a rural property outside of 100 Mile House this past weekend.

Larsen was arrested on Sept. 15.

“It feels good, but it’s bittersweet as I wish I had my mom growing up and miss her dearly,” Marcellus says of Larsen’s arrest.

Image Credit: Keysha Marcellus

Marcellus was young when she last saw her mother, but she remembers that Easter dinner. Fehr had bought her daughters chocolate and two stuffed animal bunnies.

“I actually still, after all these years, have my bunny and my daughter carries it around with her everywhere,” Marcellus says. “She had spent a lot of time telling us that she loved us and was going to make more of an effort to be in our lives and a better mom.”

According to a GoFundMe page created by Marcellus, Fehr had struggled with raising her children due to trauma and addiction in her life.

Marcellus and her sister Samantha, who has since passed away, were raised by their grandfather until he, too, died. Fehr also had a daughter Tia who died when she was 18 months old.

“She was a good mom,” Marcellus says. “She was impacted greatly after the loss of my step sister Tia and struggled with that greatly.”

Marcellus says it was bizarre for her mother to be out of contact with her children for as long as she was when she went missing, and not long after her disappearance, they began suspecting Larsen.

“I strongly urge anyone struggling with domestic abuse to talk about it and get the help that they need,” Marcellus says.

None of the allegations against Larsen has been proven in court. His next appearance is scheduled for Sept. 30 in Kamloops.

by Ashley Legassic

Daughter of murdered Kamloops woman calls arrest in cold case ‘bittersweet’

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