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Two sentenced to life in prison after 2017 double homicide on Foothills

Nov 6, 2020 | 2:12 PM

PRINCE GEORGE—The BC Prosecution Service confirms that two people involved in in a drug-related double homicide in 2017, have been sentenced to life in prison.

The BC Prosecution Service says that Seaver Tye Miller and Joshua Steven West, have been sentenced to life in prison for two counts of second degree murder.

Miller must serve 15 years before he is eligible for parole, while West will not be eligible for parole for 13 years.

Both pleaded guilty last year in the incident that occurred in January 2017 on Foothills Boulevard near the intersection of North Nechako Road.

The incident, which police called, a targeted attack, at the time, occurred in the early morning hours of January 25, 2017.

Police arrived on scene to find a vehicle with three adult men inside.

Two of the men were pronounced dead at the scene while the third was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.