A Former 'Riverdale' Actor Has Pleaded Guilty To Killing His Mom At Her Home In BC

He has appeared in dozens of shows since he was a child.

Ryan Grantham as Jeffery in 'Riverdale.' Right: BC Supreme Court.

Ryan Grantham as Jeffery in 'Riverdale.' Right: BC Supreme Court.

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A former child actor who has appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother in her home in B.C.

Ryan Grantham, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday in the death of his 64-year-old mother Barbara Waite, according to CBC.

According to IMDb, Grantham most recently appeared in the TV show Riverdale but has a long list of credits to his name, including Becoming Redwood, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Supernatural and iZombie.

The incident took place on April 1, 2020, when B.C. RCMP said they were called to a residence in Squamish after a family member found the body of a woman, later identified as Waite.

Detectives investigating the incident arrested Grantham shortly after the discovery, police said at the time.

Now, almost two years on, Grantham has admitted to murdering his mother and is due back in court for sentencing on June 13.

Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 10 years, according to the Government of Canada's Justice Laws website.

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  • Daniel Milligan
    Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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