Where is Jason Steadman now? NBC's true crime show 'Dateline' to revisit chilling murder case of Dwayne Demkiw
ALBERTA, CANADA: Jason Steadman, currently serving a life sentence, was found guilty of brutally murdering a man named Dwayne Demkiw in February 2019, almost 4 years after the crime was committed.
But it was no simple killing — Demkiw's body parts were found buried in a different town.
Steadman was a known dangerous man and certainly not a stranger to crime. He was identified as the accused in the complicated case of this Edmonton murder.
NBC's true crime show 'Dateline' will pick on every detail of this chilling murder in their upcoming episode titled 'The Case of the Man with No Name'. It will air on the channel on Friday, November 3, at 9 pm ET.
Dwayne Demkiw's killer lived under a stolen identity
Dwayne Demkiw first went missing in May 2015 after his car was found burnt to a crisp. His status remained missing until his cut-up body remains were found in the woods of a different town.
After a thorough investigation, his acquaintance and close friend's ex-boyfriend Jason Steadman was identified as his killer. Steadman was jealous of Demkiw's closeness to his ex-girlfriend, and this is supposed to have driven him to committing the murder. Steadman was a known fugitive from America and had taken up a fake identity to live in Canada.
He lived as Rober Aubrey-Maxwell, who had quite similar features to Steadman. But Maxwell's grandmother helped identify that he was not her missing grandson, as per The Globe and Mail.
Jason Steadman sentenced to life for Dwayne Demkiw's murder
Steadman was soon found guilty of Demkiw's murder, with the trial lasting around six weeks in February 2019, nearly four years after the limo driver first went missing.
He was charged with first-degree murder, an automatic life sentence, and did not get the possibility of parole for at least 25 years. Steadman also received a lifetime ban on weapons along with a concurrent 3 years in jail for arson, as he had set the limo on fire.
While the investigation and trial had taken a considerable amount of time, it was the jury's quick and unanimous verdict that landed Steadman a life sentence within hours.
Reportedly, Steadman had remained silent and emotionless during the trial, refusing to speak even when he was given the chance to, as per Edmonton Journal.