Image: Canadian Press / A man convicted of second-degree murder has died in custody at a federal prison in Abbotsford.
By Mike Vanden Bosch
Convicted murderer dies in custody

Convicted murderer dies in custody at Abbotsford prison

May 29, 2024 | 3:19 PM

ABBOTSFORD — A man convicted of second-degree murder in the 1980s has died in custody at a federal prison in Abbotsford.

According to a news release from Correctional Service Canada, Bradley Wade Koester, an inmate from the Regional Treatment Centre (Pacific Institution), died Monday, May 27.

At the time of death, the inmate had been serving an indeterminate sentence that began on April 26, 1984, for second-degree murder.

According to published reports, court documents indicate Koester fatally stabbed a 52-year-old man in October 1983 in Calgary while Koester’s wife and young daughter were in a house.

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Koester received a life sentence with parole eligibility set at 10 years for killing the 52-year-old man.

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Koester’s next of kin have been notified.

As with all cases involving the death of an inmate, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) will review the circumstances. CSC policy requires that the coroner be notified.

The death is reportedly not suspicious, according to published reports.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

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