INTERNATIONAL NEWS - A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media.
Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to killing Brittney Gargol, 18, in Canada two years ago.
Ms Gargol was found strangled to death near a landfill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with Antoine's belt near her body.
Antoine was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter.
She was identified as a suspect after she posted a selfie on Facebook of the two of them, showing her wearing the belt hours before Ms Gargol died.
Facebook selfie showing murder weapon helps convict killer
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Cheyenne Antoine's belt (left) is seen as she poses with victim Brittney Gargol
Posted on: 08:05 Thu, 18 January 2018
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