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Man pleads guilty to killing three, including mother and brother in Langley, B.C.

VANCOUVER — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man from Langley, B.C., has pleaded guilty to murdering three people in 2020, including his mother and brother.
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RCMP Supt. Dave Chauhan, officer in charge of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), steps away from the podium after speaking during a news conference in Burnaby, B.C., Monday, May 10, 2021. B.C.'s integrated homicide investigation team says Kia Ebrahimian pleaded guilty to three counts of second degree murder in B.C. Supreme Court related to the deaths of Tatiana Bazuar and Befrin Ebrahimian and Francesco Zangrilli. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man from Langley, B.C., has pleaded guilty to murdering three people in 2020, including his mother and brother.

The homicide team says in a statement that Kia Ebrahimian pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday. 

Police were called to a Langley house fire on June 13, 2020, and found the bodies of the man's mother Tatiana Bazyar, his brother Befrin Ebrahimian and Francesco Zangrilli. 

The bodies of his mother and brother were found later in the wreckage of the fire, while Zangrilli was found dead near the back of the home by officers.

The team says the investigation included help from the Langley RCMP, BC Coroners Service and the integrated forensic identification section.

Ebrahimian is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing in December.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2022.

The Canadian Press

Note to readers: This is a corrected story; the original version had the incorrect spelling of Tatiana Bazyar included in an earlier news release from police.