Kimberly Proctor of Victoria was a student at Pacific Secondary School, according to a posting on Facebook. (Facebook)Two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Victoria teen whose badly burned body was found on a hiking trail in March.

Kimberly Proctor, 18, was found dead March 19 near the Galloping Goose Trail in suburban Langford, on Vancouver Island.

Two male teenagers from Langford were arrested Friday afternoon, police said. One is 16 and the other 18, although the latter suspect was only 17 when Proctor's body was found.

Both have been charged with first-degree murder, forcible confinement, sexual assault and indignity to human remains.

The two, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, remain in custody pending their first court appearances, scheduled for Monday morning.

"In the three months since the discovery of Kimberly's burned body near the Galloping Goose Trail, a team of committed and focused officers have put in over 20,000 investigational hours, been assigned over 6,000 tasks for follow up and conducted over 250 formal interviews," said Cpl. Darren Lagan, the spokesperson for the Vancouver Island RCMP.

'Words cannot describe what we've been going through.'—Fred Proctor, Kimberly's father

"Those efforts guided investigators to discover evidence leading to the identification and arrest of these two suspects, both of whom remain in our custody."

Police asked anyone with information who has not yet spoken to them to call the Westshore RCMP at 250-474-2264.

'Gentle to a fault'

A photo of Proctor hangs near the site where her body was found. (CBC)In a video statement posted on the RCMP's website, Proctor's parents say she will be missed.

"This has left a huge void in our lives. We'll never know what she could have become or would have been, or what future we would have had with her," says her father, Fred Proctor.

"She was looking forward to graduating and growing up, so to speak … and she was looking forward to making her prom dress with her grandma."

He describes his daughter as "a great kid with a big heart."

She was "gentle to a fault, always the peacemaker and the problem-solver amongst her friends," he says. "Words cannot describe what we've been going through."

Proctor also extends thanks to friends, family and the community for their support and asks the media to respect the family's privacy as they continue to grieve.

Kimberly's mother, Lucia Proctor, sits beside her husband in the video, saying little.

"All we can hope for now is for justice to be done for Kimberly," she says.