Bryan “Everett” O’Reilly has been found guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the 2014 Boxing Day slayings of Matthew Hennigar and Kalvin Andy in Anahim Lake, B.C.
The decision was delivered in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Friday, April 13.
O’Reilly was originally charged with first-degree murder.
Serena Rhem, Christian Craciun and Andrew Jongbloets were charged with second-degree murder.
Rhem and Craciun were found not guilty; Jongbloets was found guilty of manslaughter and is currently serving a six-year sentence.
Sentencing for O’Reilly is slated for Thursday, April 19.
Hennigar’s widow, Stephanie Santos, says she is in shock and she does not understand the verdict.
“Two charges of manslaughter is ridiculous,” she said. “It’s mind-blowing, this person is responsible for the deaths of two people. My son is asking me where his father is? How do I explain that to him?”
Santos said O’Reilly showed zero emotion during the trial, and that having to testify as a witness was traumatizing.
“To sit and look at the man accused of murdering my husband was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” she said.
“It was like reliving that night over again.”
In March, Jongbloets was sentenced to six years and two months in prison and was given a 10-year weapons ban.
Initially charged with second-degree murder, Jongbloets was found guilty of the lesser charge manslaughter.
Jongbloets has a lengthy criminal record with more than 60 different charges dating back to 2007.
On Dec. 26, 2014, the Anahim Lake RCMP received a report just before midnight of shots being fired at a home in the 2100 block of Dorsey Road.
Upon arrival, police found Hennigar and Andy dead.
Hennigar was 23 years old at the time of his death and lived in Anahim Lake with his young family.
Andy, 22, was from Bella Coola.
At the time of the incident, police said the victims and the accused were known to one another, although their relationships and the motive for the killings were not released at the time.
In 2016, charges were dropped against Lucille Mack, 33, and Steven Mecham, 22, who were each facing two counts of manslaughter using a firearm in the case.
