Ryan Podhorodecki pleads guilty in death of 2-year-old Blake Harvey

Ryan John Podhorodeckihas pleaded guilty in the 2005 death of his then-girlfriend's two-year-old son, Blake Harvey.

Balfour Der, Podhorodecki's lawyer, said he entered a guilty plea for manslaughter in the case.

Harvey died in hospital in December2005, three days after police and paramedics were called to a southeast Calgary home where they found the childin medical distress.

The medical examiner later deemed his death a homicide.

The child's mother and Podhorodecki were the only two adults living in the home at the time.

Podhorodecki later moved to Kelownaand was arrested in 2015. His lawyer saidhe confessed to undercover officers in a so-called "Mr. Big" operation.

Sentencing will take place on June 13.

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