Ottawa man charged with murder after poker game robbery turns deadly

CBC

May 10, 2024 at 12:39 p.m.·1 min read

Ottawa police have laid a murder charge in the April 19 death of Kevin Willington in the city's Manor Park neighbourhood. (Guy Quenneville/CBC - image credit)

Ottawa police have laid a murder charge in the recent killing of a man in the city's Manor Park neighbourhood, and are trying to identify a second suspect.

Kevin Willington, 53, was killed at a house on Birch Avenue on the evening of Friday, April 19.

Police believe he died during a struggle that stemmed from the robbery of a weekly basement poker game, according to a news release issued on Friday.

Tristan Ethier, 20, has been charged with second-degree murder. The Ottawa man was arrested on Thursday and is scheduled to appear in court Friday.

Homicide investigators are still trying to identify a second man who they say was involved in the incident.

He's described as a white male, about six feet tall, 190 pounds and wearing dark clothing.

Willington was an active member of Ottawa and Ontario's badminton scene.

INSIDER
Diddy's downfall: Sean Combs' career looks bleak after leaked tape, entertainment lawyer says
Sean "Diddy" Combs apologized for assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura. An entertainment attorney says it won't save his career.
PA Media: UK News
Parents of baby girl will ‘never forgive callousness’ of nursery nurse killer
Kate Roughley, 37, strapped nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan face down on to a bean bag for more than 90 minutes.
USA TODAY Sports - Golfweek
Letters to Louisville editors: Officer will be lucky to keep job; Valhalla or Va-ha-ha?
Some were worried about how the incident played out before a national audience.
The Canadian Press
Toothpaste tube helps narrow investigation into remains found near Sask. campsite
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Investigators in Saskatchewan have released photos of items found near a campsite along with human remains of a person who they believe died a decade ago. RCMP say they're hoping someone will recognize the items and can help figure out the person's identity. Police say in a news release they began an investigation April 28 into human remains located at a makeshift campsite in a deeply forested area in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw. The release didn't specify whether it w
The Canadian Press
Michael Cohen says he stole from Trump's company as defense presses key hush money trial witness
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted Monday to jurors in the Republican's hush money trial that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from Trump's company as defense lawyers seized on the star witness' misdeeds to attack his credibility. The landmark trial kicked back off with defense cross-examination of Cohen, whose pivotal testimony last week directly tied Trump to the alleged hush money scheme. Defense lawyers already have questioned Cohen for hours about his c
CBC
3 dead, 5 injured in evening boat crash north of Kingston
Three people are dead and five others injured in what police are calling a "horrible" collision involving two boats on a lake north of Kingston, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened in the Buck Bay area of Bobs Lake after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. It involved "an open bow fishing-style boat" and a speedboat, they said.Emergency crews from surrounding regions, along with the 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron out of CFB Trenton, responded to the call around 9:45 p.m.OPP said two of t
Associated Press
Arizona man sentenced to natural life in prison for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive
An Arizona man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive in a hand-dug grave near their home, authorities said. Seven years after the murder, David Pagniano decided to plead guilty before his trial was scheduled to start and allowed a judge to determine his sentence without a plea agreement. Pagniano, 62, also was sentenced on May 9 to a 16 ½-year prison term for kidnapping, forgery and fraud, according to the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office.
People
An Hours-Long Home Invasion, a Triple Murder, and a Father Who Survived: Inside the Petit Family Murders
In the early morning hours of July 23, two men broke into the Petits' Cheshire, Conn., home, held the family hostage for hours and assaulted them
CNN
They’ve been stuck for 7 weeks on the ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge. This is what life is like for the Dali crew
It could be weeks or even months before crew members can leave, due to complications beyond their control. Here’s why they’re still confined – and how they’re coping
Charlotte Observer
Mother of missing Madalina Cojocari admits she failed to report daughter’s disappearance
Diana Cojocari was expected to be released from the Mecklenburg jail on Monday. Her daughter, now 13, remains missing.
Associated Press
Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who executed 5 women at a bank in 2019
Zephen Xaver walked into a central Florida bank in 2019, fatally shot five women and then called police to tell them what he did. Xaver pleaded guilty last year to five counts of first-degree murder for the Jan. 23, 2019, massacre at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, about 84 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Tampa. Michael Cook said he hopes his wife's killer gets the death penalty and described being very frustrated by the years of delays.
The New York Times
‘We’ll See You at Your House:’ How Fear and Menace Are Transforming Politics
One Friday last month, Jamie Raskin, a Democratic member of Congress from Maryland, spent a chunk of his day in court securing a protective order. It was not his first. Raskin, who played a leading role in Donald Trump’s second impeachment hearing, said he received about 50 menacing calls, emails and letters every month that are turned over to the Capitol Police. His latest court visit was prompted by a man who showed up at his house and screamed in his face about the COVID-19 vaccine, Trump’s i
BuzzFeed
"He Had Killed His Own Son, Niece, And Brother Later That Day" And 26 More Terrifying Stories About People Who Encountered Or Knew Killers
"I look up and make eye contact and he had more blood splattered on his face, and a huge grin."
USA TODAY
Daycare owner, employees arrested in New Hampshire for secretly feeding children melatonin
A Manchester daycare owner and her employees turned themselves in after an investigators said they were adding melatonin to children's food.
ABC News Videos
Horrific car crash leaves a high school senior dead and another injured
Dashboard camera video caught alleged drunk driver suspect Taeyoung Kim slamming into 17-year-old Marko Niketic's car, just days before the senior's prom and graduation.
Associated Press
Closing arguments set in trial of University of Arizona grad student accused of killing a professor
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago. Murad Dervish, 48, faces seven felony charges including first degree murder in the death of Thomas Meixner, 52, who was shot nine times near his office and was pronounced dead at a Tucson hospital. Defense attorney Leo Masursky told jurors that the killing wasn’t premeditated and that Dervish is “guilty except insane to second-degree murder,” an insanity defense.
CBC
SIU investigating woman's death after arrest in Barrie
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 28-year-old woman died in hospital Saturday morning after she was arrested in Barrie. Barrie police arrested the woman on Thursday near 49 Colter Street for outstanding warrants, the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a news release Saturday. She was taken to the station and held in a cell.On Friday, Ontario police transported the woman from the Barrie police station to Central North Correctional Centre, the SIU said. The woman
The Canadian Press
‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia. “How do you get hypothermia in a prison?” the investigator asked. “You shouldn’t.” The exchange, captured on video obtained by The Associated Press, took place during an investigation into the death of Charles Givens, a developmentally disabled inmate at
CBC
Andrei Donet found guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Jannai Dopwell-Bailey
A jury found Andrei Donet guilty of the second-degree murder of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey. Donet was 18 when he was arrested in connection with the case in 2021. The second-degree murder conviction comes with an automatic life sentence in prison with no possibility of parole before 10 years.Dopwell-Bailey was fatally stabbed outside a high school in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges district in 2021. Crown prosecutor Katerine Brabant said Donet's distinctive tattoos seen in a video he published
People
Fla. Man Accused of Adopting Dog from Shelter, Decapitating Animal the Next Day
Domingo Rodriguez is charged with animal cruelty

Latest Stories