Nearly three years after Vida Smith was killed by her friend and former gambling partner, police have located her body in Banff National Park.
But the Calgary Police Service won’t say if the killer’s information led to the discovery of the victim’s remains.
Last fall, following a murder trial, a jury convicted Smith’s a long-time friend Chris Lee, a.k.a. Kevin Barton, of manslaughter in her death.
Before Lee’s sentencing hearing, he took homicide detectives to an area in the mountains where he said he had left Smith’s tarped body.
Winter conditions hampered search
A snowstorm at the time prevented police from conducting a proper search.
Investigators returned last week and discovered Smith’s
