Accused Manitoba Killer Warned by Judge His Meth Addiction Could Cost Him His Family
Published on February 13, 2024
The man accused of killing five family members, including his three young children, was warned by a judge to get his methamphetamine addiction under control or risk losing everything. Ryan Howard Manoakeesick faces five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his 30-year-old common-law partner, six-year-old daughter, four-year-old son and two-month-old baby girl, as well as his partner’s 17-year-old niece. A judge had warned Mr. Manoakeesick years earlier that he needed help with his addiction before things “completely spiral out of control.” “If you don’t do something, eventually it’s going to cost you your family,” the provincial court judge told Mr. Manoakeesick in 2019....