A photo posted on social media site Facebook has proved to be a major evidence in a murder case. A selfie of two friends showed the murder weapon which made it easy to convict the murderer. 21-year old Canadian woman Cheyenne Rose Antoine was sentenced to seven years behind bars for killing her 18-year old best-friend Brittney Gargol in 2015.

Cheyenne does not remember killing Gargol after a drunken party but she took responsibility of the crime in the court on January 15. Cheyenne used a belt to strangle her friend Gargol after they had an argument post a drunken party night. The belt was found near Gargol’s body. The body was found near a landfill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by a passerby.

The selfie picture of the two friends had Cheyenne wearing the same belt, which the authorities believe was the murder weapon. Cheyenne had sent them on a wild goose chase when she posted a long post on the site asking for Gargol’s whereabouts on the night of the murder. She also said that the pair had gone barhopping but security footage from the bars did not show either of them at Colonial Pub and Grill, a bar that Cheyenne claimed they visited. Reportedly, she also lied to the police saying she went to her uncle while Gargol went with an unidentified man after their partying scene. But the police were tipped off that Cheyenne did arrive at Gargol’s house later in the night and killed her.

In her plea, Cheyenne said she did not remember killing her but took responsibility for the death. She could not even remember what caused the argument. "I will never forgive myself. Nothing I say or do will ever bring her back. I am very, very sorry... It shouldn't have ever happened," she said in a statement through her lawyer. Cheyenne was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter. On the other hand, Gargol’s family members just expressed the agony of what might’ve actually happened that night.

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