Father of murdered Beaumont woman's boyfriend to serve prison time after appeal

The man who cut up the body of his grandson's mother is going to prison after the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned his previous sentence.

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The man who cut up the body of his grandson's mother is going to prison after the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned his previous sentence.

Joseph Skelly was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest and 12 months of curfew in March after he pleaded guilty to causing indignity to a body in the death of Treasa Oberly, 40, of Beaumont.

On Oct. 16 the appeals court found Joseph's sentence "demonstrably unfit" and sentenced him to 36 months in prison, less 21 days credit for 14 days of pretrial custody and credit for time served on the conditional sentence in March.

Joseph must turn himself in no later than 2 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Joseph's son Kenneth Skelly, who was Oberly's common-law husband and the father of her son, is charged with second-degree murder in her death.

According to the agreed statement of facts between Joseph Skelly and the Crown, Kenneth arrived at Joseph's home in Beaumont on the night of July 15, 2023 with Oberly's body in his truck.