Ten years after the death of Colton Crowshoe, the man responsible has finally been sentenced.
Wiley Provost was sentenced to time served plus a year, as well as two years probation.
Crowshoe, 18 and originally from the Piikani First Nation, went missing after leaving a house party in the northeast Calgary community of Abbeydale on July 4, 2014.
His body was found three weeks later in a water retention pond near Stoney Trail and 16 Avenue N.E.
In spring 2022, Provost was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
He later pleaded guilty to manslaughter, admitting to killing his friend in an alcohol-fuelled fight and hiding his body in the pond.
The Crowshoe family tells CTV News they’re upset with what they believe is a “lenient” sentence.
“It’s very disappointing and disgusting,” said Danielle Crowshoe-Starlight, Colton’s aunt.
“We’ve been in this 10 long years, fighting the fight, and for him just …