Trina Hunt’s family offers up to $50,000 reward for information

PORT MOODY (NEWS 1130) – The family of a Port Moody woman whose remains were found in Hope in late March is offering up a sizable reward for information. Trina Hunt’s family is putting up $50,000 for any information that leads to charges or arrests in connection to her murder.

On Jan. 18, Hunt was reported missing by her family to Port Moody Police. In February, the case was reviewed by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), but it determined it did not have the information necessary to investigate the case as a murder at the time.

A high-profile search continued until May 1, when IHIT confirmed human remains found in Hope on March 29 were that of the 48-year-old woman. Her death is being treated as a homicide.

On Tuesday, Hunt’s family pleaded for information that can lead to an arrest.

“Please think back to the weekend of Jan. 15,” Hunt’s cousin, Stephanie Stella Ibbott, said in a video. “Trina was found in Hope, B.C., south of Silver Creek. Did you see or hear anything out of the ordinary? Do you know something? Anything?”

“We know someone out there knows something or has heard something. Are you suspicious of someone or are you protecting someone? We need you to come forward. We need you to be Trina’s voice,” she said.

The family also had a message to the person or persons who took Trina’s life:

“You need to come forward and take responsibility for what you did. You have senselessly taken Trina’s life and ruined so many others’. Own up to your actions and accept the consequences,” she added in the video.

“Are you suspicious of someone, or are you protecting someone?” — a part of the family statement as read by Sgt. @thefrankjang

— Martin MacMahon (@martinmacmahon) June 1, 2021

Hunt’s sister-in-law, Jen Ibbott, says the grief and lack of answers have been extremely difficult, calling it a “rollercoaster.”

“One day, you feel okay. The next day, you don’t feel okay. Even within the hour, it changes and when it hits you, it’s just like this wave. Then, at times, you’re like, ‘No, this isn’t real. How can this be real? This is like a crazy nightmare,'” she said.

With the pandemic, it’s been difficult to get together to support one another, she says.

“We do lots of Zoom meetings. That keeps us connected and keeps us focused on Trina initiatives … We meet outside and get together to connect,” Ibbott said, adding the family now has “such a strong bond.”

“It really is all thanks to Trina, but … in such a weird way … She would be so proud of how connected we are now, but it’s just sad that this is how this has come,” she added.

As for the reward, Ibbott says the hope is it brings wider attention to the case across the Lower Mainland.

“We need to know what happened to Trina and we need to have justice for Trina,” she said.

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Homicide investigators said last month they were being inundated with calls and comments from the public.

“We understand the impact that investigation’s had on the Tri-Cities community and beyond, quite frankly,” Jang said.

A Facebook page that was dedicated to finding Hunt when she was missing is now dedicated to finding justice for her.

With files from Kier Junos