Missing Coquitlam woman suspected murdered; Calgary man charged

Nearly one year after she went missing, the RCMP’s homicide division confirmed that Coquitlam woman Jodine Millar has died. Police suspect she was murdered.

Millar was 57.

Coquitlam RCMP listed Millar as a “high-risk missing person” in late-November 2022 after she left her home near Rochester Avenue and Decaire Street.

At the time, Coquitlam RCMP alerted the public that Millar might be driving a 2011 Hyundai Tucson.

On Nov. 28 – two days after she went missing – Millar’s Tucson veered off the road and into an Abbotsford ditch.

Millar was not found at the scene. However, a light-coloured sedan was spotted leaving the area, according to RCMP.

“The fact that police have located her vehicle without her is unsettling and increases our concerns for her safety,” Coquitlam RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Alexa Hodgins stated at the time.

Millar’s daughter, Sara, likened the situation to a “horrible movie.”

“We were very close, closer than she was with anyone else anyways. I am extremely concerned for her well being and mental state,” Sara wrote in a letter from the family. “Jodine’s number one priority has always been her dog, Molly. . . . For her to leave Molly behind, to me is the most obvious sign that something is very wrong.”

As police began to suspect foul play, the RCMP’s homicide division took over what had been a missing persons case on Dec. 2.

After a lengthy investigation, detectives concluded Millar was murdered, according to a release from the homicide division.

Last Thursday, Calgary, Alta. man Carson Mackay was arrested. Mackay, 30, is charged with the second-degree murder of Millar.

“We hope these charges provide some answers to Jodine’s friends and family,” stated RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team media relations officer Sgt. Timothy Pierotti in a press release.