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Canadian Bank Worker is Found Dead a Day After Arriving at Mexican Resort · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: A Canadian woman has been discovered deceased at a Mexican
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  resort where she was commemorating her birthday alongside her boyfriend,
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  a hockey player, who has reportedly been apprehended in relation
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  to her death. Kiara Agnew, a twenty three year old
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  bank employee from British Columbia, was found lifeless at the
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  Grand Sunset Princess Resort in Plia del Carmen, situated south
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  of Cancoon, last week. Miss Agnew was on this celebratory
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  trip with her boyfriend, Ryan Friesen, twenty six, who plays
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  hockey for the Dawson Creek Canucks. The Secretariat of Public
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  Security in Solidaridad has announced the detention of an individual
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  of foreign nationality for the potential crime of homicide following
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  the discovery of a deceased woman exhibiting possible signs of
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  violence in a hotel located in the Excalacoco area. A
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  police statement in included an image of the suspect with
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  a blurred face. The Global Affairs Department of the Canadian
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  government has also expressed its condolences regarding this tragic incident
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  and confirmed that Freeson is currently in police custody in
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  Mexico officials are extending consular support to the families involved
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  and a maintaining communication with local authorities, stated Charlotte MacLeod,
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  a representative from Global Affairs. She further noted that additional
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  details could not be shared due to privacy concerns. The
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  State Prosecutor's office in Quintana Roue, the area where the
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  resort is situated, has also confirmed the arrest of a
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  foreign national in relation to the death of a Canadian woman.
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  Miss Agnew was just days away from celebrating her twenty
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  fourth birthday and had been eagerly anticipating her vacation with Freeson.
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  Indicate that the couple had been in a relationship for
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  approximately eighteen months and had arranged their trip to Mexico
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  around Christmas. Freeson is a player for the Dawson Creek Canucks,
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  a Junior B hockey team. Miss Agnew's aunt, Catlyn Levesque,
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  expressed to The Toronto Star she had been eagerly counting
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  down to this trip. It is truly shocking. We seek
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  to understand what transpired. She was a remarkable and beautiful person,
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  both inside and out. It is unjust that she was
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  deprived of the opportunity to fully experience life. Miss Levesque
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  mentioned that the family is awaiting autopsy results and prefers
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  not to speculate on the ongoing investigation. Nevertheless, she indicated
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  that Friesen's family has reached out and is equally devastated, distressed,
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  and perplexed. They are just as eager to uncover the
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  truth as everyone else, she remarked. Miss Agnew was employed
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  at the Dawson Creek branch of Lakeview Credit Union. Miss
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  Agnew was just days away from celebrating her twenty fourth
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  birthday and had eagerly anticipated a vacation with her boyfriend Friesen.
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  The couple, who had been in a relationship for approximately
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  eighteen months, arranged their trip to Mexico around the Christmas season. Tragically,
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  Agnew was discovered deceased at the Grand Sunset Princess Resort
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  in Plio del Carmen. In a statement on Facebook, Lakeview
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  Credit Union expressed their sorrow, stating all at Lakeview Credit
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  Union are mourning the loss of our team mate and friend,
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  Chiara Agnew. This is a devastating tragedy and loss for
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  our community. We send our love and faith to all
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  others who have been impacted. Miss Levesque, speaking to c
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  b A News, shared that Kiara had a lifelong passion
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  for travel. She had a heart of gold. She was vibrant, courageous, driven,
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  she remarked. Additionally, miss Levesque noted that her niece was
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  an animal enthusiast, often stopping to rescue any creature in need,
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  whether it be a bird, a cat, or a baby raccoon.
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  The aunt concluded that the circumstances surrounding the death were
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  beyond tragic for every single person involved. There have been
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  multiple incidents of female tourists being killed by their partners
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  along the coast, a region that is a favored destination
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  for Americans and Canadians. In a highly publicized case, former
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  Survivor producer Bruce Beresford Redman was found guilty of the
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  assault and strangulation of his wife, forty two year old
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  Monica Beresford Redman, in twoenty ten. Her remains were discovered
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  in a sewer cistern at a resort in the Cancun
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  region where the family was on vacation. He was released
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  from a Mexican prison in twenty nineteen after completing seven
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  point five years of a twelve year sentence. The Plio
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  del Carmen resort has also been the site of several
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  fatalities involving Canadian citizens. In June of the previous year,
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  two Canadians who were wanted by Interpol were discovered dead
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  from stab wounds at the coastal resort. Earlier, in January
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  twenty twenty two, two additional Canadians were killed in the vicinity,
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  reportedly due to debts owed to international drug and arms
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  trafficking organizations. A man from Dawson Creek who was charged
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  with the murder of ex girlfriend in Mexico, has been
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  acquitted in relation to the death of twenty three year
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  old Chiara Agnew, as stated by the attorney representing the
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  Agnew family, the judge declared Ryan Friesen not guilty, citing
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  that the injuries observed on his fists and body did
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  not match those infie