A southern Alberta man has admitted to a triple murder in a townhouse almost three years ago.
Austin Vielle’s guilty plea to three counts of second-degree murder was officially entered in a Lethbridge court this morning.
His lawyer had already indicated her client’s intentions.
She had also said that a sentence of life with no chance of parole for 20 years would be recommended.
Vielle was charged after Kyle Devine, who was 27, Clarissa English, who was 24, and her 18-year-old brother, Dakota, were found stabbed to death in April 2015.
Vielle’s trial was to start today.
Vielle was arrested nearly two weeks after the bodies were found.
Police said at the time that they believed Vielle had spent time with the victims in the hours prior to their deaths and that the fatal attack was targeted.