Guilty plea in Kitchener murder case

By Christine Clark

Posted Dec 6, 2019 06:00:00 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The man charged in connection to the death of Kitchener man, Ronald Chandler has plead guilty to second-degree murder and causing indignity to a body.

66-year-old Chandler was found stabbed to death in his Courtland Ave. home back on June 18, 2018.

CTV reporting Jeremy Winnan made the guilty plea Friday and has been handed a life sentence for the the second-degree murder charge, as well as two years for indignity to a body.

Waterloo Regional Police say Chandler and the suspect were not known to each other.

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