A man in his 20s was convicted on May 8 in the murder of a teenager with a drug overdose in the city of Langley, near Vancouver, about three years ago, according to the British Columbia (BC) prosecutor’s office. The incident happened in August 2019.
Carson Crimeni, then 14, was found unconscious from a drug overdose at Langley’s Walnut Grove Skate Park. A group of older teenagers who were with Carson did not call for help, they said, filming Carson and posting it on social media. Carson was taken to hospital but later died.
In September 2021, the Langley RCMP (federal police) sought an arrest warrant for a man, who was 20 at the time, on suspicion of murder.
Carson’s grandfather, Darrel Crimeni, who found Carson lying on the sidewalk, told CBC Radio in 2020 that Carson had ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and had been bullied since elementary school. “They killed [Mr. Carson] for entertainment,” he said.