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World|life|January 18, 2018 / 01:50 PM
Facebook selfie showing murder weapon helps convict killer
A belt worn by Cheyenne Antoine (L) can be seen as she poses with victim Brittney Gargol

AKIPRESS.COM - A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media, BBC reported.

Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to killing Brittney Gargol, then 18, in March 2015.

Gargol was found strangled to death near a landfill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with Antoine's belt near her body.

Antoine was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter.

She was identified as a suspect after she posted a selfie on Facebook of the two of them, showing her wearing the belt hours before Gargol died.

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