Australian Man, U.S. Woman Killed in Double Homicide in Northeastern B.C.: RCMP

Lucas Robertson Fowler of Australia (right) and Chynna Deese, a U.S. woman, shown in these RCMP handout photos, were found dead along the Alaska Highway near Liard Hot Springs, south of the B.C. and Yukon boundary. HO-RCMP/The Canadian Press

FORT NELSON, B.C.—Members of a grieving Australian family are on their way to Canada to recover the body of a young man killed in northeastern British Columbia, along with his American girlfriend.

A statement from the family of Sydney-area resident Lucas Fowler was posted on the website of the New South Wales Police Department.