BREAKING: Dean Penney guilty of first degree murder

    Sunday, 24 May 2026 10:36

    The jury released their verdict in a Corner Brook courtroom this morning.

    A jury has found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his estranged wife, Jennifer Hillier-Penney.

    The verdict was delivered this morning in Supreme Court in Corner Brook following several days of jury deliberations.

    Hillier-Penney was 38 when she disappeared from St. Anthony in December 2016. Her body has never been recovered. 

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