7, 2020, Cindy was feeling unwell so Michael took two of the kids to school. They say she was a devoted mother to three children, who loved her kids, her animals and her community. In several victim impact statements, Cindy’s family members expressed intense anguish and anger over the loss of their loved one. MacKay’s husband Michael pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, admitting to poisoning her at their farmhouse. He responded saying 'goodbye will likely be in the next few days.'ĭuration 2:37 Featured VideoCindy MacKay, 38, was killed in 2020. 6, 2020, the woman texted him inquiring about Cindy's health. In December 2019, Michael told a close female friend he would need a place to 'lie low' come February 2020.Ī few months before Cindy died, Michael started having sex with a woman he met on a 'hookup site.' On Feb. While they seemed like a typical small-town family from the outside, investigators found that Michael had been foreshadowing Cindy's fate to some of his female acquaintances. The couple had three children and in 2015 they moved to Cindy's family farm, where she had grown up.Ĭindy continued to work as a registered nurse after they settled on the farm, until her youngest daughter suffered a 'freak accident.' After that, she became a full-time caregiver and homemaker while Michael handled the cattle operation on the farm. There was no trial because of Michael's guilty plea, but details of what happened were revealed in an agreed statement of facts.Ĭindy and Michael got married in 2005 after meeting at a Saskatoon church. CBC has blurred the children's faces to protect their identities. 'He has told many lies to many people about what happened to Cindy, so it is a great relief to all of us that the record is finally being set straight.'Ĭindy MacKay's relatives said she was full of love for her children and wanted to create a perfect life for them. The terrible things did to her are finally being told,' said Cindy's brother, Tyler Mack, after the hearing. 'It has been nearly four years since Cindy was murdered and today we finally got some justice. Michael pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday at the Court of King's Bench in Battleford, Sask. Now, the story of what Michael actually did to Cindy has come out. Her husband Michael was charged with first-degree murder more than a year after her death, although he repeatedly told police he was not to blame. 7, 2020, and died in the hospital a few days later.

Michael MacKay told police officers that his wife Cindy probably died by suicide, but the truth is he served her a lethal dose of poison concealed in a mug of Gatorade.Ĭindy fell severely ill at her rural home on Feb.

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