Overview

• Michael Adenyi was convicted by a jury in May 2025 of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing 30-year-old fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur on March 18, 2022.
• Jurors rejected his defense that he was not criminally responsible due to psychosis and hallucinations during the attack.
• Justice Jane Sidnell called the killing a heinous crime and highlighted its devastating impact on Vanessa’s family and friends.
• Vanessa’s mother, Erika Ladouceur, delivered an emotional victim impact statement describing her profound grief and hopes that Adenyi never regains freedom.
• Adenyi will not be eligible for parole until March 2047, though the Parole Board of Canada could keep him incarcerated for life.