Correctional Service Canada says a Fort St. John, B.C., man convicted of manslaughter has died in a correctional facility located in Agassiz.

John Wendell Keyler, 40, had been serving an 11-year sentence at the prison, minus 2,130 days served, for the stabbing death of 38-year-old Sarah Foord.

Foord was Keyler’s girlfriend. He stabbed her about 50 times with the blade of a Leatherman in the early hours of July 7, 2020, at their home in Taylor, B.C., according to a 2023 judgement released by the B.C. Supreme Court.

Keyler was sentenced in December 2024.

Originally faced with second-degree murder, his charge was reduced to manslaughter during the judgement.

Northern B.C. man guilty of manslaughter, not murder in stabbing death of girlfriend

B.C. Supreme Court Justice James William said

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