The RCMP say they have identified a woman's body found in Richmond  late last month as that of 41-year-old Editha Mangaoang and have charged her husband with murder.

The woman had been reported missing from her Vancouver home on May 8.

Editha Mangaoang, 40, went missing on May 8.Editha Mangaoang, 40, went missing on May 8.
(CBC)

Her body was found in a box at a bag manufacturing plant in the Vancouver suburb on May 23.

At the time of her disappearance, police had said her husband, Orlando Mangaoang, 46, told them his wife had left their home to go to the River Rock Casino in Richmond.

Homicide investigators say the victim did not go to the casino on the night she went missing.