Man admits to second-degree murder in killing of sex trade worker in Surrey
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A 31-year-old Okanagan man has pleaded guilty to murdering a sex trade worker in Surrey, B.C., two years ago.
Dustin Lalonde has admitted to the second-degree murder of 41-year-old Teri-Lyn Williams, whose body was found in a grassy area of central Surrey in June of 2010.
Police have not said how she died.
Lalonde was charged in September 2011.
Second-degree murder comes with an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for a minimum of 10 years.
A sentencing hearing for Lalonde will be held in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on May 31.
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