Ronald Matthew KAY Missing Person Case

Ronald Matthew

KAY

44

32

64 inches

64 inches

121 lbs

121 lbs

Indigenous

Male

In the autumn of 2013, a sense of concern began to grow for 32-year-old Ronald Matthew Kay. He was last seen by a relative on November 10, 2013, at a Saskatchewan Roughriders football game at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan. When weeks passed with no word, he was officially reported missing to the Regina Police Service on November 26, 2013. At the time of his disappearance, Ronald, an Indigenous man, was described as being five-foot-six and weighing around 130 pounds, with a thin build. He had brown eyes, long black hair that he often wore in a ponytail, and distinguishing features that included crooked teeth and a stutter. The last time he was seen, he was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and a grey hoodie. Friends and family knew him as a kind and caring man who had moved to Regina to look after his biological mother. For years, Ronald's case remained a troubling mystery, with his file eventually moving to the long-term missing persons list. The search for answers was fraught with uncertainty for his loved ones, who longed for any information about his whereabouts. The breakthrough in the case came years later when a renewed investigation uncovered new, grim information, shifting the focus from a missing person's case to a homicide. In January 2017, Regina police announced that they had determined Ronald Kay was deceased and had arrested three local men in connection with his death. Trevor Evan Asapace, Bill Leonard Favel, and Lester Alvin Favel were subsequently charged with second-degree murder. The ensuing legal proceedings brought a painful resolution to the question of what had happened to Ronald, though his remains have never been recovered. The case against the three accused men moved forward when one of them, Trevor Asapace, came forward to police to reveal the details of that fateful night in 2013. Eventually, all three men pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. During sentencing, harrowing details emerged, with Lester Favel admitting to a brutal assault on Ronald before his body was placed in a garbage bin. While the guilty pleas and sentencing brought a measure of justice and what a cousin described as "some sort of closure," the family's grief was compounded by the fact that they could not lay Ronald to rest with a proper funeral. The case of Ronald Kay's disappearance highlights a tragic story that began with a man attending a football game and ended with a cold case homicide investigation, leaving a family to grapple with an immeasurable and permanent loss.

Jacket Black Pants Blue, Jeans Sweater Grey, Hoodie Scar Left Forearm, 76mm Scar Right Forearm, 8mm Tattoo Left Forearm, Tribal art - 25mm

Nov 16, 2013

Regina

Saskatchewan

Regina Police Service ; Regina Police Service Cold Case Unit at (306) 777-6500

Saskatchewan

(306) 777-6453

(306) 777-6453

Law Enforcement

RM13072470

Regina Police Service ; Regina Police Service Cold Case Unit at (306) 777-6500

Brown

Brown

Brown

Build: Heavy; Complexion: Dark; Hair details: Ponytail, Long

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