Kelowna Murder

• Guilty plea entered in 2020 Kelowna killing

  Marlena Isnardy will return to court June 3 to schedule a sentencing date after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Matthew Cholette.

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  Apr 2, 2024
  
• ‘Lying on the floor:’ Woman tells B.C. trial how she found her partner’s mutilated body

  At the start of the trial on Monday, Brenda Adams testified that she discovered the remains of her partner, Darren Middleton, in the home of his accused killer, Gabriella Sears.

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  Oct 16, 2023
  
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• Conviction overturned for Kelowna, B.C. man after court identifies trial errors

  A panel of B.C.’s highest court overturned Steven Pirko’s conviction, ruling that the trial judge's charge to the jury was “so confusing as to amount to error in law.”

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  Mar 14, 2023
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• Kelowna woman’s murder trial delayed until spring

  Billie Jo Bennett was charged in early December 2021, though she was first arrested in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 18, 2021, homicide in the 600 block of Bechard Road.

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  Feb 1, 2023
• B.C. man charged with murder in death of university security guard

  On Tuesday, police announced that Dante Ognibene-Hebbourn, 22, of Kelowna was facing one count of second-degree murder in the death of Harmandeep Kaur.

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  Apr 5, 2022
• Pregnant Kelowna woman was ‘intentionally shot multiple times’ in 2017, says coroner

  While Kelowna police continue to investigate the death of Russia Nicholson, the report from the B.C. Coroner's office regarding the 2017 homicide was released Thursday.

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  Feb 24, 2022
• Criminal activity involved in Kelowna murder of former Lower Mainland man: RCMP

  Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward to investigators. 

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  Mar 29, 2021
• Family of murdered Kelowna man appealing for information in cold case, reward offered

  Joseph Pek, 38, was found dead outside a house on Birch Avenue in Kelowna in October 2009. Pek’s family is appealing for information and has offered a $5,000 reward.

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  Dec 23, 2020
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• Guns seized from West Kelowna, B.C., home in connection with murder investigation

  Police seized at least two dozen guns from a home in West Kelowna’s McDougall Creek Estates mobile home park.

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  Sep 30, 2020
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• ‘He was by my side always’: Calgary man mourning stabbing death of teen son

  A vigil is planned for Saturday night in northeast Calgary for a teen who was killed in Kelowna last month.

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  Jul 20, 2019