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Kelowna woman pleads guilty to 2020 Black Mountain death

Matthew Cholette, was found dead outside of a townhouse complex in Black Mountain in 2020
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Matthew Cholette was found dead in 2020. (Facebook photo)

Marlena Isnardy, the woman accused of a 2020 Black Mountain murder, entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter in a BC Supreme Courtroom in Kelowna on April 2.

Matthew Cholette, 27 at the time, was found dead in a pool of blood outside of a townhouse complex in Black Mountain on Dec. 13, 2020.

A woman was arrested at the scene of the incident but was later released from custody.

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Jacqueline Gelineau

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