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Daughter pleads guilty to manslaughter in woman's death

Lennese Kublu, who was 18 at the time of her mother's death, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Susan Kuplu-Iqqittuq was last seen alive on Jan. 10, 2019. Police later found her body at the Trail Road landfill after searching for more than three weeks.

Susan Kuplu-Iqqittuq stabbed repeatedly, left in dumpster in January 2019

Lennese Kublu (centre) and Dwight Brown (left) both pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a few months apart, in the death of Kublu's mother, Susan Kublu-Iqqittuq (right), in January 2019. Brown also pleaded guilty to committing an indignity to a body. (Kublu family )

The daughter of an Ottawa woman who was repeatedly stabbed and her body put in a dumpster two years ago has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.

Susan Kuplu-Iqqittuq, from Igloolik, Nunavut, was last seen alive on Jan. 10, 2019. Police later found her body at Ottawa's Trail Road landfill after searching for more than three weeks.

Lennese Kublu, who was 18 at the time of her mother's death, was originally charged with second-degree murder and indignity to a body. She appeared by video on Friday and was released on bail with numerous conditions.

"I hope you do your very best to go through this. I really hope you do. I'm rooting for you. I really am. Ok? So give it your very best shot," Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger told Kublubefore commending lawyers and police for arriving at the plea agreement.

"I think this is the right thing," Maranger said during the virtual hearing.

Susan Kublu-Iqqittuq, from Igloolik, Nunavut, was stabbed repeatedly and left in a dumpster in January 2019. Weeks later, police found her body in an Ottawa landfill. (Ottawa Police Service)

Stabbed repeatedly, left in dumpster

According to an agreed statement of facts, Kuplu-Iqqittuq was stabbed repeatedly on the right side of her body. A post-mortem examination revealed a "cluster of at least seven stab wounds," at least one of which likely punctured her lung.

Kublu is due back in court April 9 for a sentencing hearing.

Dwight Brown, who was also charged in Kuplu-Iqqittuq's death, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter and indignity to a body and was sentenced in September to seven years in prisonminus time served.

After Kuplu-Iqqittuq was killed, Brown wrapped her body in a blanket beforeleavingitin a dumpster, where the body was eventually collected and taken to the landfill.

The pair then fled to Toronto, where they were arrested on an unrelated charge days later.

Corrections

  • A previous version of this story stated there was a publication ban in place in which Lennese Kublu could not be named. In fact, there was no publication ban.
    Jan 30, 2021 11:58 AM ET

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