Timeline of Brutal Naramata Killing Laid Out as Trial Winds Down
Crown says phone and vehicle evidence links Anigbo to a revenge plot tied to the 2021 deaths of two brothers.
- On Monday, Crown lawyers began closing submissions in the trial of Ekene Anigbo, who faces first-degree murder charges for the June 9, 2021, killing of 57-year-old Kathleen Richardson in her Naramata home.
- Prosecutors allege the murder was part of a revenge conspiracy following the May 2021 deaths of brothers Erick and Carlos Fryer, with Crown claiming those responsible for those deaths had stolen drugs and money from Anigbo's acquaintances.
- Crown lawyers argued Anigbo and co-conspirator Jalen Falk confined Richardson with zip ties and duct tape before shooting her twice in the head, presenting more than a dozen evidence books to support their case.
- Police visited Richardson's home on June 9, 2021, to warn her son Wade Cudmore of an alleged murder plot, discovering her body instead; Cudmore was arrested the following day for the Fryer brothers' murders.
- The trial is expected to continue through the week, though Anigbo's defense maintains the evidence is insufficient for a conviction; co-conspirator Jalen Falk received a life sentence, while Anthony Graham remains a missing person.
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Timeline of brutal Naramata killing laid out as trial winds down
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