NANAIMO — A local man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a woman three years ago.
Kyle Gordon Ordway, 39, formally entered a guilty plea to manslaughter in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Wednesday, Aug. 21 in connection to the death of his former girlfriend Amy Watts.
A joint submission from both defence and Crown Counsel for sentencing will be considered justice Jennifer Power.
Court is also expected to hear an agreed statement of facts on Wednesday, outlining how Watts died and Ordway’s role in the death.
The body of Watts, 27, was found in the area of Albert St. and Victoria Cres. Near City Hall in a steep wooded ravine on June 3, 2021.
She was reported missing by her family several days earlier.
Watts’ death came just a few months after Ordway and Watts joined forces to assault a female drug addict at a Wakesiah Ave. townhouse unit in Feb. 2021.
He was found guilty by a jury, while the jury couldn’t find a consensus on two other other charges against Ordway, which were eventually abandoned by the Crown.
The trial, which resulted in an 18-month jail sentence against Ordway for assault causing bodily harm, heard Ordway brought Watts directly from a Lower Mainland drug treatment facility to the troubled home where attacks against the victim quickly ensued.
Ordway was charged with manslaughter a year and a half after Watts’ body was discovered.
He’s been in custody since June 2022 when he was arrested and charged in connection to the violence that ensued at the Wakesiah Ave. townhouse.
Ordway has an extensive criminal record primarily involving property crimes which are heavily linked to drug addiction.
More to come.
Kyle Gordon Ordway pleaded guilty to manslaughter in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Wednesday, Aug. 21. in relation to the death of his former girlfriend. (Nanaimo RCMP)Join the conversation. Submit your letter to NanaimoNewsNOW and be included on The Water Cooler, our letters to the editor feature.
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