Husband killed his wife, put body in trunk, then went drinking with a friend <http://www.calgaryherald.com/>
Calgary Herald <http://www.calgaryherald.com/> Kevin Martin5 hrs ago © Family photo Redelback Duane Redelback suffocated his common-law wife, tied up her corpse, stuffed her into a suitcase and took her remains to the mountains, where he burned her beyond recognition, court heard Thursday. But before Redelback disposed of Ruth Degayos remains he went to have a beer with a friend while her body was in the trunk of his car, Crown prosecutor Jim Sawa said. Reading from a statement of agreed facts, Sawa said Redelback told police he choked his wife unconscious inside their Airdrie home on Jan. 7, 2006, and then placed his hand over her mouth until she stopped breathing. The attack occurred during an argument the couple was having over their then-two-year-old disabled son, Justin. Redelback pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in connection with Degayos death. He had been charged with second-degree murder. The charred body of Degayo, 40, was found in an abandoned shack near the Mount Yamnuska Trail near Exshaw the day after she was killed. A fire expert estimated the temperature of the blaze at between 1,800 and 2,000 degrees Celsius, Sawa told Justice Karen Horner. It took DNA testing to confirm the remains were Degayos. The case remained unsolved until police launched an undercover operation in 2015, Sawa said. During the sting Redelback confessed to killing his wife. Both Sawa and defence counsel Balfour Der jointly proposed a sentence of 15 years, a submission accepted by Horner. With credit for time already behind bars, Redelback, 48, will have another 12 years and nine months to serve. Horner also ordered the Red Deer native to serve a minimum of half that time before he can apply for parole, although Redelback will not be guaranteed his release at that time. Mr. Redelback, your crime was senseless, you deprived a son of his mother and a family of their daughter, the Court of Queens Bench judge said. You did extreme violence on Ms. Degayo and then violated her body in a way that prevented her family from identifying her body and from her cause of death being identified. If Redelback had been convicted of murder, he would have faced a life term without parole for a minimum 10 years, although because the case involved domestic violence his parole ineligibility would likely have been much higher. Following Horners ruling, Degayos sister, Riza Fornier, said justice was finally done. This is the moment that weve been waiting for after almost 11 years praying day and night, months after months, years after years for this day to come, the Orlando, Fla., resident said. This day is a victorious day for us, for Ruth and for Justin, Justin is the most who suffered, she said. He will suffer the loss of his mom. Fornier said her sister will live on in the memories of family members. Shes gonna always be in our heart, no matter what we will always remember her. Sawa said the guilty plea was the culmination of hard work by police in solving the cold case. Everything fell into place, that we were able to provide some sort of justice for the family, he said. [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> EM On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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