Canadian police has used a selfie of a young woman posing with the best friend who strangled her in order to convict the killer.
Brittney Gargol, 18, was strangled to death by Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in March, 2015.
Antoine has now been convicted of manslaughter thanks to the photo of the pair together, in which she is wearing the belt used to strangle Gargol.
Killer: Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21,left, has been convicted of manslaughter thanks to this selfie of her with Brittney Gargol, 18, right, in which she wears the belt used to strangle Gargol
The teenager’s body was found dumped by a road south of Saskatoon on March 25, 2015 with a belt discovered nearby.
A photo of Gargol and Antoine – her best friend – had been posted to Facebook six hour before the body was discovered.
The photo shows Antoine wearing a melt that matched the one found near the body which police believe to have been the murder weapon, The Star Phoenix reports.
Convicted: Antoine has been sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter
Antoine also posted on Gargol’s Facebook, writing ‘Where are you? Haven’t heard from you. Hope you made it home safe,’ in an alleged attempt to cover her tracks.
Antoine initially told police that the pair had been out drinking on the eve of Gargol’s death but that she had gone home with an unknown man at the end of the night and did not know what had happened to her friend.
However, police later received a tip-off that Antoine had made a drunken confession to the killing, CBC reports.
Antoine later admitted to the court that the pair had gotten into an argument, but that she does not remember killing Gargol.
She pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday.
In a statement released through her legal representative, Antoine said: ‘I will never forgive myself.
‘Nothing I say or do will ever bring her back. I am very, very sorry…It shouldn’t have ever happened.’