Levi Landry

1 week ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

The centrepiece of Vernon's Historic O'Keefe Ranch will have its lifespan extended with an influx of cash. The tourist destination has been under financial pressure and needed major repairs to keep operations going, but $50,000 from a national charity is the boost it needed to keep the O'Keefe mansion on the property standing. With more than 27,000 votes, it won out against 11 other historic Canadian properties in a competitive effort for funding from the National Trust for Canada charity.

1 week ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

The first officer to set eyes on Mohd Abdullah's body quickly ruled out calling for medical help. Sgt. Kevin McIntyre's only concern once blocking a rental cargo van into a driveway was to make sure the person found inside could get help if they were still alive, he told a Kamloops courtroom Thursday, April 17. "My only focus was determining whether or not there was a person in this vehicle that needed medical attention," he said.

1 week ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

An elderly man who agreed to help his friend, Rogelio "Butch" Bagabuyo, dispose of a mysterious plastic bin three years ago said the pair drove for hours without success, looking for a place they could dig in cold spring conditions. Now 87 years old, Wynand Rautenbach recalled dead-ends, closed roads and wintery conditions during the two-day effort. From Kamloops to Cache Creek, Logan Lake and Lac le Jeune, they tried to find a place to dig after renting a cargo van in Rautenbach's name.

1 week ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

A Kamloops man whose grandfather was allegedly tasked with helping dispose of a body made the dark discovery himself as he sought answers. Justin William Robertson, 42, was the first witness called in the trial against Rogelio "Butch" Bagabuyo, the Kamloops lawyer accused of killing his former friend and client Mohd Abdullah. In the days before Robertson found Abdullah's body, he grew concerned his grandfather was being taken advantage of to help with something suspicious.

1 week ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

Kamloops lawyer Rogelio “Butch” Bagabuyo allegedly helped his former friend and client hide more than $700,000 in a divorce before killing him when the money ran out, according to Crown prosecutors. Crown lawyer Ann Katrine Saettler said evidence in the multi-week trial will show alleged murder victim Mohd Abdullah tried for years to get that money back. With nothing to give, Bagabuyo planned and carried out Abdullah's murder in March 2022.