Man convicted in stabbing death of Bigstone Cree Nation woman released from prison

Feb 28, 2025 | 4:22 PM

Nicole Gladue says she was overwhelmed with emotions after learning the man who killed her mother in northern Alberta, then moved her body to Manitoba, is out of prison.

She says she hasn’t stopped crying since Corrections officials told her that Grant Sneesby was freed earlier this month after being granted statutory release.

Sneesby, 72, stabbed Gloria Gladue, a member of Bigstone Cree Nation, multiple times in 2015 before wrapping her body in plastic and storing it in a trailer.

Her remains were found in rural Manitoba almost three years later by undercover RCMP officers.

Sneesby was sentenced in 2022 to 11 years after being convicted of manslaughter.

He was credited seven years for time in pretrial custody.

A December decision from the Parole Board of Canada says Sneesby’s statutory release date was pending, but a spokesperson said it couldn’t confirm the release due to privacy.

The law requires federal offenders who have served two-thirds of their sentence to be freed under statutory release.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 28, 2025.

(The Canadian Press)

by The Canadian Press