One girlfriend survived. One did not: W5 EXCLUSIVE Part 2
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This is part two of a three-part W5 investigation series. Part three will be released Thursday. You can read part one here. Watch the W5 investigation “If I’m Ever Found Dead” on our CTV News YouTube channel. Warning: Graphic content. When 28-year-old Keyana McNeil, of Vancouver, learned that a young Canadian woman had been brutally beaten to death at a resort in Mexico, she nearly passed out. Her first thought: It could have been, it nearly was, me. In 2023, the brutalized body of 23-year-old Kiara was discovered in the laundry room of an all-inclusive resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Her boyfriend, Ryan Friesen from Dawson Creek, B.C., was found fast asleep beside her body, his fists swollen. A Mexican court initially found him not guilty of femicide. Early in 2026, the acquittal was overturned with a judge finding Friesen guilty of killing Kiara, a decision he is now appealing while free in Canada. Keyana dated Friesen before he met Kiara. In an exclusive interview with W5,
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