Overview

• Court of King’s Bench Justice Jody Fraser accepted a manslaughter plea from the 29-year-old accused, with sentencing to be set at a later date.
• Edmonton police publicly urged Alberta Justice to review the Crown’s decision, citing an expected joint eight‑year submission that they argue would be a miscarriage of justice.
• A Crown prosecutor told the court no sentence has been agreed, while police warned they may release investigative details if the plea stands.
• An agreed statement of facts described blunt-force head trauma, multiple healed fractures, and untreated sepsis; the child’s body was later found in a hockey bag on Samson Cree Nation in 2023.
• The victim’s relatives denounced the plea, defence representatives called the police letter inappropriate, and two other men previously received nearly three-year sentences for causing an indignity to a body.