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Husband sentenced to 16 years for killing, dismembering B.C. teacher Naomi Onotera
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man who admitted killing and dismembering his wife has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge.
Obnes Regis initially pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Langley teacher-librarian Naomi Onotera and committing indignity to her remains, but later pleaded guilty to both charges after his trial began in May.
The brief trial in New Westminster heard that Regis killed Onotera with a single punch to the head during an argument in the couple’s home.
The court heard that he then dismembered her body and disposed of her remains along the banks of the Fraser River in Fort Langley.