Man who dismembered Beaumont moms body receives harsher sentence, sent to prison – Edmonton [Video]

A man who admitted to dismembering and burning the body of a Beaumont mother in 2023 has been ordered to serve prison time.

The Alberta Court of Appeal ruled Joseph Skelly’s original sentence wasn’t enough.

Back in March 2024, Joseph Donald Skelly received a two-year conditional sentence. Twelve months would be served under full house arrest followed by 12 months with a curfew. A 12-month probation period would have followed.

But now he’s been ordered to turn himself in for jail time.

Skelly pleaded guilty in December to causing indignity to a dead body in the death of Treasa Lynn Oberly.

Oberly was reported missing on July 16, 2023. She was found dead eight days later.

Oberly’s boyfriend and father of her child, Kenneth Skelly, was charged with second-degree murder.

According to an agreed statement of facts, Kenneth arrived at Joseph’s home with Oberly’s remains. Court document shows Joseph Skelly, who worked as a butcher, …