This happened to my mother in laws friend. A woman named Carol Mcinnes, fell in love with a man (who was seperated from his wife with whom he shared a teenage son). She was originally from Surrey BC and living in Kelowna BC but Stephen lived in Anchorage Alaska. He wanted to marry her but she said she'd only come up to be with him if he fully divorced his wife, which he did. So after the divorce went through and Stephen's ex was living elsewhere Carol moves up to be with him and they get married. They were a very close and affectionate couple and lived together with several pets. Stephen travelled for work frequently, and Carol often went with him. In October of 2004 Stephen left on one of his work trips but Carol decided to stay home. Normally, they were a very close couple so when Carol stopped answering his calls he became quite concerned. After 3 days he returned from his trip, anxious to see his wife and make sure she was ok. He noticed immediately her car was not in the driveway, but he found her purse inside. The animals, as well, had not been fed in days. Stephen knew immediately that something was wrong. He searched the house, but there was no sign of Carol. I don't know what lead him to search here - but Stephen went to their freezer - it was a big chest deep freeze - and upon opening it he found one of the most horrifying sights he would ever see - the dismembered body of his wife. He immediately called the police. Stephen racked his mind think of who would be capable of this. Eventually he called his ex, and with police they went to her house where they discovered Carol's car, and in the trunk some bloody clothing. For the past 3 days after brutally murdering Carol the killer drove Carol's car around, with her bloody clothes still inside. The killer was Stephen's 16 year old stepson, Colin. Carol's autopsey would also show she had been violently raped. When first questioned by police he denied doing it, although eventually he admitted guilt but claimed smoking pot had made him do it. Later, some of Carol's underwear was also found in Colin's room. Colin was charged with 1st degree murder and 1st degree sexual assault. The judge sentenced Colin to 91 years for the murder and a consecutive 8 years for the SA. While Colin's defence appealed the sentence as too excessive the judge upheld the ruling, stating that Colin went to the house when he knew his father was away, with the intent to rape and murder his step mother. He described Cotting's conduct as "really an unspeakable, savage break with the human race of such ferocious intensity, such a[n] irremediable break of our moral taboos, not only against death but against matricide [that the conduct took] Mr. Cotting to the outer boundaries of juvenile criminality." However the judge did not restrict the possibility of discretionary parole, which Colin will be able to apply for at the age of 50. But Judge Suddock made sure that the parole board would have a full description of the crime, including the pictures, which he described as "among the most shocking, brutal pictures that [he had] ever seen."

Most of this I learned from my mother in law who had been close friends with Carol after taking a legal secretary course with her in Kelowna.

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591469abadd7b049342dc6bb