Guilty Plea in Bizarre Port Alberni Death

Jun 23, 2016 | 11:25 AM

A guilty plea in a bizarre case of a man found dead in Port Alberni last fall.

56 year old James Ogden has plead guilty to manslaughter in the death of longtime millworker, 62 year old Davin Reid.

Ogden has been sentenced to two years in jail, followed by three years probation.

Originally, investigators believed that Reid died of natural causes, however, following an autopsy and witness statements, Ogden was accused of drugging him with methadone.