Grim details emerge after woman and daughter killed by bear

Selah Reed's family first knew something was wrong when the 20-year-old missed a routine Saturday night call with her sister. When no one had heard from Reed or her mother, Jenny Balcarras, by the next morning, they asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to check on their home in Bella Coola on British Columbia's central coast. Balcarras' car was gone and the doors were locked. They found the car at a trailhead up the road, but Balcarras and Reed were nowhere to be found. Family members across Canada and the U.S. started mobilizing. Jenny Balcarras' brother, Matt, headed north from Vancouver Island, and his brother left from Calgary. They met and drove through the night but got a call late Monday that their sister had been killed, likely by a grizzly. When they arrived at the trailhead Tuesday morning, ready to join the search for Reed, her remains had also been found. The search was now a tragic recovery effort. This undated photo provided by Matthew Balcarras on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, shows Selah Reed, left, and her mother, Jenny Balcarras. AJ Reed via Matthew Balcarras via AP The killings of Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter happened only 3 to 4 kilometers (1.8 to 2.4 m...