Police continue search for body of Jennifer Hillier-Penney
About 60 kilometres away from St. Anthony, on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, the RCMP is involved in a major undertaking down a long dirt road in an area known as Northwest Arm.
Officers are actively searching for the body of Jennifer Hillier-Penney, who was first reported missing on Nov. 30, 2016.
A crew of about ten men are using two boats — one with remotely operated vehicles and one dragging a sonar device — to search the water near Dean Penney's cabin.
Penney was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in December 2023. He's accused of murdering Hillier-Penney, his estranged wife.
It's the first time police have searched the area since the ice and snow melted. The RCMP mobile unit and search teams have been set up in the remote location for the last 10 days.
The search is very much dependent on wind, weather and resources.
Leading down the long dirt road to the search site, faded missing person posters are plastered along the utility poles.
Hillier-Penney was last seen at her estranged husband's home in St. Anthony.
Dean Penney pleaded not guilty last fall, but remains in custody as he waits for a trial that is set for the entire month of April in 2026.
Police have been investigating Hillier-Penney's murder since 2016, but her body has not been found.
No one with the search would talk to CBC News, but the police confirmed the presence in Northwest Arm is related to an ongoing investigation.
Police say they will update the media when they find something.
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