Crown had asked for 19 years while his defence asked for 10 or 11 years for killing and dismembering his wife in Langley City
Obnes Regis has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the death and dismemberment of Naomi Onotera in the summer of 2021 in Langley City.
After the death of Onotera, a teacher librarian, he gruesomely disposed of her body and spent months lying to her friends, family, and police.Outside the court, Onotera's sister, Kirsten Kerr, reacted to the sentence. Crown counsel Crichton Pike had recommended 14 for manslaughter and five for indignity to human remains. He cited evidence from undercover officers gained during a Mr. Big-type operation when Regis was in custody. Officers testified that he said that after he hit his wife, he left her on the bathroom floor for about an hour, waiting for her to die.
He noted that Regis lied to Maureen Onotera, Naomi’s mother, while he was wearing a backpack that contained Naomi’s bones, which he was shortly to dispose of. Regis pleaded guilty to manslaughter and indignity to human remains part way through his trial. After Onotera died, he dismembered her at the family home, and spread pieces around the region, including along the Fort to Fort Trail and the Fraser River.
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