The man accused of stabbing and killing Surrey’s Tori Dunn during a home invasion in her Port Kells home in June of 2024 has been found guilty of second-degree murder.

On Wednesday night (Oct. 21) in New Westminster Supreme Court, jurors returned with the guilty verdict for Adam Troy Mann, 42, after deliberating for several hours. Defence and Crown attorneys gave their closing statements earlier Wednesday, after which BC Supreme Court Justice David Layton instructed the 12 jurors about their deliberation.

Dunn, 30, was stabbed four times when Mann entered the home she shared with boyfriend Trafford Wace on June 16, 2024.

Mann previously testified he found a kitchen knife and cellphone — both of which had Dunn’s DNA on them — lying by the side of the road near her home that same night.

A sentence of life imprisonment is mandatory with second-degree murder cases in Canada; the judge must also set a minimum parole ineligibility period between 10 and 25 years.

Mann will next appear in court Oct. 29.

Peace Arch News has reached out to Dunn’s family.

More to come …