Man gets life in prison for 1996 Edmonton murder solved by DNABy Brook Wagner on August 6, 2026. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Joanne Ghostkeeper, a 24-year-old Cree mother of two. He was sentenced Thursday at the Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton. Boucher denied killing Ghostkeeper throughout the trial. Burns ordered Boucher to give a DNA sample, banned him from owning firearms for life and placed him on the national sex offender registry.