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THEY DO! A ceremonial blanket is wrapped around the shoulders of Dusty and Bev Hill to signify the marriage of the Fort Langley National Historic site volunteers. They are the first couple to ever formally tie the knot in a fur trade wedding at the fort. The popular event usually involves audience members who act as the bride and groom to show visitors how residents of the fort celebrated weddings during the 1850s. However, last weekend, audience members witnessed the Hills’ actual marriage ceremony. Miranda GATHERCOLE/ Langley Times
Killer tells all to undercover cop Roy Thielen revealed details of double homicide to officer he believed was the leader of a gang MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
A year after shooting and killing Langley’s Laura Lynn Lamoureux and Marc Bontkes, convicted double murderer Roy Thielen told an undercover police officer that he had done the City of Langley a big favour and they should kiss him for offing the pair. On Tuesday, an undercover officer testified at the trial of Robert David Bradshaw, 28, who is charged with two counts of first degree murder in connection with the March 2009 killings of Lamoureux
and Bontkes. He is facing a jury trial in Supreme Court in New Westminster. This is the first time any details about the murders have been released. There was a ban on any information about the murders until Bradshaw, the final person to be tried, went to trial. Three people were arrested and charged with the murders one year later, after an undercover operation. Michelle Motola, 21, was sentenced to six years in a federal prison for her part in the killing of Bontkes. Motola was initially charged first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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After working with lawyers, she pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Motola was not charged in connection with Lamoureux’s murder. Thielen, 33, pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder in the Bontkes case, as well as in the related killing of Lamoureux. He is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for 20 years. Bontkes, 33, was found shot to death in a parking lot of Hi-Knoll Park, on the Surrey-Langley border, on March 19, 2009. His murder, as well as that of Lamoureux, which took place just five days ear-
lier, were related to the street-level drug trade, said police at the time. Sitting in the front row, Bontkes parents listened to gruesome details about how their son allegedly died, according to what Thielen told an undercover officer posing as the head of a gang operation that Thielen wanted to be part of. A lengthy undercover operation helped lead to the arrest of Bradshaw, Thielen and Motola in 2010. Details of Bradshaw’s role in both murders hasn’t been made clear in court yet. continued, PAGE 5
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