Two alleged gang associates who are accused of killing the mother of a rival gang member will remain behind bars while awaiting a trial date.
Ekene Anigbo and Jalen Falk were arrested and charged with first-degree murder in April 2023, in connection to the death of Kathy Richardson, who was found dead at her home in Naramata in June 2021. The pair were arrested after a two-year province-wide investigation into a string of what police referred to as gang-related violence.
A pre-trial conference was initially scheduled to begin at the start of 2025. However, due to extenuating circumstances that cannot be published per court-ordered bans, the trial has been delayed and a date has not yet been scheduled. As is standard with murder cases, the trial is set to proceed by judge and jury and as a result, strict publication bans have been imposed to not influence the jury before the trial begins.
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Anigbo, also known by the rap name Lolo Lanski, is currently in federal prison serving a sentence for a separate firearms-related conviction and Falk is in custody on murder charges.
Anigbo and Falk are accused of killing Richardson, the mother of a man named Wade Cudmore, who is alleged to be a member of a rival gang.
Her son, Cudmore, is facing charges of first-degree murder in after an incident that took place approximately one month before her death. Cudmore and a man named Anthony Graham have been charged with first degree
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Cudmore is scheduled to appear in Kelowna court on June 4, to file an application.
His co-accused, Anthony Graham, is still wanted by police and is at large.
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