A man who police say was in an intimate relationship with missing Maple Ridge woman Jessica Cunningham has been charged with indignity to human remains after a body was found in the home they shared in a cul-de-sac in the community east of Vancouver.

Police say they have yet to confirm whether the remains are those of 43-year-old Cunningham, who was last seen in June and reported missing in July.

Ridge Meadows RCMP called in the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team after finding the remains at Cunningham’s home on Tuesday, and Mylie Barron was arrested and charged on Wednesday.

Staff Sgt. David Lee of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Thursday that Barron and Cunningham lived together in a relationship, and investigators were still trying to build a timeline of the wom

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