How a selfie taken minutes before the death solved a murder mystery
A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media.
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Ottawa: A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media.
Gargol was found strangled to death near a landfill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with Antoine`s belt near her body.
Antoine was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter.
She was identified as a suspect after she posted a selfie on Facebook of the two of them, showing her wearing the belt hours before Gargol died.
Antoine, who was initially charged with second-degree murder, showed up at another friend`s house hysterical the night of the murder and confessed to hitting Gargol and strangling her, CBC reported from court.
She said they had got drunk and into a heated argument.
As part of her plea, Antoine accepted responsibility for Ms Gargol`s death but said she does not remember killing her.
"I will never forgive myself. Nothing I say or do will ever bring her back. I am very, very sorry... It shouldn`t have ever happened," she said in a statement through her lawyer.
Before Antoine was sentenced, Gargol`s aunt gave a victim impact statement to the court.
"Most days we can`t stop thinking about Brittney what happened that night, what she must have felt fighting for her life," Jennifer Gargol said.