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New details have emerged about the death of Jessica Cunningham during the sentencing hearing of Mylie Andre Barron.
Barron is currently charged with one count of interference with a dead body following the discovery of human remains inside a Maple Ridge house he leased with the deceased victim.
A statement of facts agreed on by the Crown and the offender was read aloud in court on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
The statement revealed Barron and Cunningham knew each other since they were children, then were in an intimate partner relationship as adults, later in life.
It also revealed Barron and Cunningham frequently used illicit drugs, specifically cocaine and methamphetamine.
The couple lived together on two levels in the upper portion of a house
A basement suite had not been occupied during the time period of when Cunningham, 43, was reported missing, to when her remains were discovered.
On July 25, Barron’s landlord called the police for a wellness check at the residence, telling police he had not heard from Cunningham in more than a month and that neighbours he spoke to said they hadn’t seen Cunningham since the end of May, 2025. He said Barron would not open the door for him.
Ridge Meadows RCMP officers showed up at the residence on July 25, 2025, and Barron told them he believed Cunningham was in Victoria, but he had no contact information to give them.
As of Aug. 12, police were treating the disappearance of Cunningham as a missing person and started an investigation into her whereabouts on Aug. 20, when they returned to the residence where Barron still lived to obtain a statement from him. Barron also provided police with Cunningham’s cell phone.
Police put out a missing person alert to the media on Aug. 22.
On Aug. 26, police returned to Barron’s residence to speak with him about the investigation, and received Barron’s permission to enter and search the home for items that could help their investigation.
It was on this day that police located a freezer on the first level of the residence and discovered Cunningham’s body inside.
On Aug. 26, Cpl. Colin Ryder opened the freezer and found a garbage bag on top of other frozen items in the freezer and asked Barron what was in the bag. Barron told the officer that the bag contained turkeys.
But when Cpl. Ryder opened the bag he discovered another garbage bag and when he opened that one he saw what looked to him to be a human arm.
The statement went on to say that Barron then became agitated and erratic, “oscillating between yelling hysterically and crying”, and he told police they could no longer search the house.
Police immediately ceased their search and left the residence with Barron, arresting him, and securing the premises.
RCMP returned to the site the following day, seizing the freezer and its contents.
The freezer, the statement noted, had been purchased on Facebook Marketplace and acquired on about, June 6.
On, Sept. 1, police confirmed the body to be that of Cunningham. She had been bent at the waist, her body folded in half, and secured in this position with nylon straps and duct tape. Then her body had been placed into industrial garbage bags and put in the freezer.
It was determined Barron had washed Cunningham in one of the upstairs bathrooms before putting her body in the freezer.
An emotional victim impact statement was also read by Crown Council to the courtroom on Feb. 3, written by Cunningham’s mother, Michelle Drewniak. But, Drewniak’s wish is it not be further publicized.
Barron will next be in court on Thursday, Mar. 5, when he will learn his sentence.