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Man serving life for first-degree murder dies after 5 months behind bars
AGASSIZ, B.C. – A man who served just five months of a life sentence for first-degree murder has been found dead in his cell at the Kent maximum security prison in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.
Prison officials say 40-year-old David Langlet was found unresponsive in his cell last Friday.
Langlet had been behind bars since December following his conviction for the June 12, 2000 targeted shooting of 27-year-old Shane Preece.
Surrey RCMP reopened the cold case last year and arrested and charged Langlet in October.
Prison officials have not said what caused his death.
A release from Kent Institution in Agassiz, B.C., says police and the coroner have been notified, and Correctional Service Canada will review the circumstances of the death.
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