Laura Letts-Beckett drowned in Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke on Aug. 18, 2010, while the couple was out for an evening boat ride. No one witnessed the drowning and there is no physical evidence linking Beckett to his wife’s death. Prosecutors have alleged he killed Letts-Beckett out of greed, hoping to cash in on life insurance payouts and her teachers’ pension. Beckett was arrested and charged with his wife’s murder in August 2011 and he had been in custody since then prior to Friday’s release. Beckett stood trial twice in B.C. Supreme Court for the murder of his wife once in Kamloops and again in Kelowna. The first trial ended with a hung jury after jurors remained deadlocked following a week of deliberation; the second trial resulted in a first-degree murder conviction.