Family and friends of Naomi Onotera face man who killed her at sentencing hearing
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People in the gallery openly wept Monday as friends and family of Naomi Onotera took the stand at a sentencing hearing to share stories about positive ways she touched their lives — and the devastating impact her death at the hands of her husband has had on them.
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People in the gallery openly wept Monday as friends and family of Naomi Onotera took the stand at a sentencing hearing to share stories about positive ways she touched their lives — and the devastating impact her death at the hands of her husband has had on them.
Family reported 40-year-old Onotera missing in late August of 2021.
For months, RCMP and the community rallied to search for the popular Langley elementary school teacher-librarian.
In December, Obnes Regis admitted to undercover police that he killed his wife with a single punch during an argument in a bathroom in the couple’s home.
He also told the officers that he dismembered Onotera’s body and disposed of her remains.
Despite that confession, he initially pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and committing indignity to human remains, before abruptly changing his plea a few days into his trial at New Westminster Supreme Court.
