Contracted Surrey murderer sentenced

The Surrey Now Leader is reporting that "Carlos Nathaniel Monteith, 29, received a mandatory life sentence Monday, May 12 with no eligibility to apply for parole until he's served 25 years in prison, after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the 2019 contract shooting of Kristijan Coric at a gas station in Surrey."

"Coric, 29, of Surrey was shot dead on Sept. 28, 2019 at the Mobil Gas Station at 18699 Fraser Highway. Coric's girlfriend was the driver and Coric was in the front passenger seat. They'd been tracked to the station with a GPS tracking device that was attached to the Mercedes' rear undercarriage."

"Prosecutor Rod Flannigan said Coric was shot three times in the head at close range, and was also shot in his chest, arms and lower body. Seventeen bullet shells were found at the scene. He told the court it's not known who hired Monteith in the contracted hit."

"Verhoeven agreed with the Crown that it was indeed a contract killing, concluding Coric's murder was a paid killing or assassination of Mr. Coric on behalf of unidentified others.The court heard Monteith already had 22 youth convictions and 20 adult criminal convictions. That makes 42 in all, Flannigan noted. This will be his 43rd."

Another contracted murder without naming who hired the murder. That means nothing will change until we start naming who hired these contract murders.