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An Edmonton man who admitted strangling a Montreal woman in his north-side basement apartment four years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter.
Valérie Maurice, 29, was from Montréal.(Facebook) Tessman enlisted the help of his female roommate, Dianne Molenkamp, to drag Maurice into the bedroom. Both of them were in the bedroom when Maurice's hands and legs were tied up with clothing items. Her face and body were covered after clothing items were stuffed into her mouth. At some point overnight, Maurice succumbed to her injuries and died. Vancouver arrest Maurice's roommate returned to Tessman's apartment to pick her up at the appointed time, but he was unable to reach her by phone. He kept ringing the buzzer at the front do...
Valérie Maurice, 29, was from Montréal.(Facebook) Tessman said he didn't have any money to pay her and that made her angry. He told the detective they didn't have sex. She was going to leave and he was afraid she'd call the police. He said he'd been in jail before and didn't want to go back, so he decided in a panic that he had to keep her quiet. "She started screaming and scratching and flipping out," Tessman said. "I made her quiet. I put my hand over my mouth." 'I feel like a monster' Tessman said he took a blanket from the couch and put it over her head, then placed his hands around M...