BC man pleads guilty in 2005 death of 2-year-old boy in Calgary

A British Columbia man has pleaded guilty in the case of a two-year-old boy who died in Calgary over 10 years ago.

Ryan John Podhorodecki has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2005 death of Blake Harvey.

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At the time, police were told the toddler fell down the stairs. An autopsy later confirmed it was a homicide.

In October 2015, Podhorodecki was arrested in Victoria, B.C. and charged with manslaughter.

He was the common-law boyfriend of the little boy’s mother at the time.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 13.

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