‘Riverdale’ Actor Ryan Grantham Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering His Mother
variety.comEthan Shanfeld Ryan Grantham, a Canadian actor whose credits include “Riverdale,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “Supernatural,” has been sentenced to life in prison with parole ineligibility of 14 years for the second-degree murder of his mother, CBC reports.
In March 2020, the actor shot his mom, Barbara Waite, in the back of the head with a .22 rifle as she played piano in their home in Squamish, British Columbia.
As shown in court, Grantham then took a GoPro video shortly after the murder, in which he confesses to killing his mother and shows her body.
The following day, he covered the body with a sheet, surrounded it with lit candles and hung a rosary from the piano, before driving east to Ottawa in a car packed with guns, ammunition and Molotov cocktails.
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