William Head Institution is shown through a security fence in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Inmate Ernest Jensen escaped the prison on June 28, 2026 and his body was found on June 29, 2026 in the ocean off the prison's shoreline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Lam
Body of murderer who escaped after 35 years in prison is found in B.C. waters
Jun 29, 2026 | 3:39 PM
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VICTORIA — The Correctional Service of Canada says the body of an inmate who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison on Sunday after 35 years behind bars has been recovered.
The service says Ernest Jensen’s body was found Monday in the ocean off Metchosin, Vancouver Island near the minimum security William Head Institution, a day after he went missing.
It says in a statement that Jensen was 69 and had been serving a life sentence for second-degree murder since 1991.
West Short RCMP say Jensen’s body was recovered near the shoreline along the lands of William Head, an 35-hectare facility southwest of Victoria.
