A B.C. man has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his mother, Denise ‘Esme’ Lachance.
Forty-seven-year-old Donovan Penner had originally pleaded not guilty to the same charge in 2015.
On Oct. 1, 2014, the Sunshine Coast RCMP received a report of a woman in medical distress. When officers arrived at the scene they found 67-year-old Lachance dead with injuries consistent with a homicide.
Penner was arrested at the scene of Lachance’s death at a home in Sechelt.
“A guilty plea in any investigation speaks to the hard work and dedication of all the agencies involved,” said Cpl. Frank Jang with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) in a release.
Sentencing is scheduled for the end of February.
“It is IHIT’s sincere hope that this will bring some closure to the family and friends of Ms. Lachance,” said Jang.
~With files from Jeremy Lye