Murder

Accused Rutland killer was in withdrawal when police took him into custody
KELOWNA – Steven Pirko was dry heaving and suffering from withdrawal from heroin when he…

It wasn’t the fight: Chris Ausman was killed on Kelowna street in 2014 with a hammer
KELOWNA – Christopher Michael Ausman had just left the Rutland 7-Eleven at around 1:30 a.m.…

UPDATE: Penticton murder suspect identified
PENTICTON – The man who shot and killed four people in Penticton yesterday, April 15,…
Lake Country man charged with murdering his wife granted bail
KELOWNA – A Lake Country man accused of killing his wife nearly three years ago…

First degree murder charge for 25-year-old who allegedly shot senior in Salmon Arm church
SALMON ARM – A 25-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder following the shooting…

Mother recalls final days with dying son after Kamloops shooting
KAMLOOPS — It had been years since Jason Glover’s mom, Jennifer, saw her son in…
‘We’re all devastated’: Lake Country man charged with wife’s murder appears in court
KELOWNA – Friends of Arlene and Lambertus Westervelt filled the Kelowna courtroom this morning as…

Cache Creek man charged with murder released on bail again
KAMLOOPS — A Cache Creek man charged with second degree murder has been granted bail…

Sickness delays bail hearing for Kamloops man accused of murder
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops man accused in a gang-related murder will remain behind bars until…

RCMP arrest one of two Kamloops murder suspects in Langley
KAMLOOPS — A man wanted for the murder of a Kamloops man was arrested earlier…

Why police believe a Kamloops homicide victim may have been a case of mistaken identity
KAMLOOPS — The shooting of a Penticton man outside of a Kamloops hotel last month…

Kamloops RCMP on the hunt for two murder suspects
KAMLOOPS – Police in Kamloops are searching for two men after a murder in the…

North Okanagan murderer loses appeal of sentence
VERNON – A Lumby man convicted of murdering his spouse in 2017 has lost an…

Vernon woman seeks justice reform after brother’s killer’s absolute discharge
VERNON – A woman and her family are seeking to spark a change in the…

UPDATE: Jay Thomson pleads guilty to murder of Theresa Neville
KELOWNA – Jay Sinclaire Thomson stabbed his common-law partner Theresa Neville "at least 35 times"…