A Yellow Grass man, Kevin Okafor was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, on Thursday in Court of Queen鈥檚 Bench in Regina. He will have no chance for parole until he has served 16 years in prison.
Okafor of Yellow Grass initially faced three charges, including first-degree murder of Abbie Speir in April of 2017, flight from a peace officer and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Speir, 33, a mother of three children, was found dead in Yellow Grass, in April 2017. Emergency services had been called to a home in Yellow Grass on April 20 for reports of a fire, and found Speir dead.
RCMP identified a suspect, along with a description of the white Dodge truck he was driving. RCMP found聽the truck travelling westbound on Highway 1 near Swift Current, but the vehicle failed to stop.
Police deployed a spike belt and RCMP said the truck 鈥渨as rendered inoperable鈥� and entered the ditch, coming to a stop on its side. The suspect, who was not injured, was arrested at the scene.
The community of Yellow Grass rallied behind the family, and held an 鈥淎bbie Speir Day鈥� in June 2017, which included a tree-planting ceremony and unveiling of a bench in Allen Park. (The photos included in this post show some of the ceremonies of tree-planting and the unveiling of the bench at Abbie Speir Day in 2017.)
A fundraising slowpitch tourney was held, along with a supper and cabaret at the Communiplex, with the proceeds going to a trust fund for Abbie鈥檚 three children.
