America鈥檚 Drug Enforcement Administration is assisting the RCMP鈥檚 investigation into , according to DEA Special Agent Jodie Underwood.
In an email to the Westerly 亚洲天堂 on Monday, Underwood confirmed that the DEA is assisting the investigation, but said she could not speak to the capacity of the DEA鈥檚 involvement.
Daley and Archbald鈥檚 remains were discovered near Ucluelet in June. They were on May 16. Police say they arrived in Ucluelet on May 13 after a roughly.
RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Janelle Shoihet declined to comment on the DEA鈥檚 involvement in the investigation, but said it is 鈥渘ot uncommon鈥� for police to engage or consult with domestic and international partners in order to move an investigation forward.
鈥淎t this point, we are not prepared to provide specifics with respect the homicide investigation of Ryan Daley and Daniel Archbald, however I can assure you the investigation is a priority for the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit and remains active and ongoing,鈥� she said.
DEA spokesperson Wade Sparks also declined to provide specifics, but said the DEA has offices in Canada and often works with RCMP.
鈥淲e work with RCMP everyday. That doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean that we鈥檙e working on this particular case,鈥� he said. 鈥淒EA working with counterparts in a foreign country, where we have an office, is very common and it鈥檚 the reason we鈥檙e there.鈥�
He added that the DEA would not be involved in a homicide investigation.
鈥淛ust to be clear, DEA does not investigate murders,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e stay in our lane, which is drug crimes. That鈥檚 where we stay. We don鈥檛 investigate homicides. We鈥檙e never going to be an agency that鈥檚 going to solve a murder鈥hat鈥檚 not something that we would be even attempting to do. It鈥檚 not our lane.鈥�
Archbald and Daley were only back in Canada for a short period of time before they went missing and their bodies were discovered a month later. Police quickly announced their deaths had been deemed suspicious.
