GUILTY Mexico - Canadian Kiara Agnew, 23, found dead at resort, Playa del Carmen, Mar 6, 2023 *boyfriend arrested*

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EXCLUSIVE: Did a cartel kill this young Canadian woman? W5 investigates a murder mystery

When Kiara Agnew was discovered brutally beaten on March 3, 2023, her boyfriend, Ryan Friesen, was found sleeping next to her dead body. In an attempt to unravel the mystery of Kiara’s murder, W5 travelled to Mexico in a finding mission that led us face-to-face with the Sinaloa Cartel.

www.cp24.com

Joseph Loiero - CTVNews
: January 23, 2026
''The full W5 Avery Haines Investigates documentary If I’m Ever Found Dead premieres Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV, Crave and our CTV News YouTube channel.
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions that may be disturbing for some readers
When Kiara Agnew was discovered brutally beaten on March 3, 2023, her boyfriend, Ryan Friesen, was found sleeping next to her dead body.
He was immediately arrested and charged with her murder, the one and only suspect actively investigated. But Ryan was found not guilty in Sept. 2024, by a judge-only trial in Mexico. He has maintained his innocence ever since, leaving the question of who killed Kiara unanswered.''
''This is part three of a three-part series investigating the murder of Kiara Agnew.
Part 1: Not-guilty verdict in murder of Canadian may be overturned
Part 2: Canadian at centre of girlfriend’s murder mystery in Mexico makes first public statement after verdict''

Kiara Agnew and Ryan Friesen were in Mexico to celebrate Kiara's 24th birthday. (CTV News)

 

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W5 EXCLUSIVE: Canadian man declared guilty of murdering girlfriend in Mexico

Ryan Friesen, a Canadian man at the heart of a W5 investigation, has been declared guilty by a Mexican Magistrate of killing his girlfriend, Kiara Agnew, at five-start resort in March 2023.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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[Little Jack]

So it was overturned and he was now found guilty? Am I understanding?

 

[MistyWaters]

So it was overturned and he was now found guilty? Am I understanding?

Yes and now his defence is appealing the overturned verdict. According to Mexico legal system apparently there is no such thing as a retrial.

 

[MistyWaters]

To anyone who watched this, did you understand what was the mysterious implications of “the bible”? It wasn’t disclosed to W5 but there were vague references that it had some connection to RF being found not guilty the first time around.

 

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To anyone who watched this, did you understand what was the mysterious implications of “the bible”? It wasn’t disclosed to W5 but there were vague references that it had some connection to RF being found not guilty the first time around.

The bible = court documents (aka the evidence)

(video below is qued up at the comment, fwiw)