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- RCMP locate remains of 55-year-old Esther Jones in Nova Scotia on Sept. 9.
- Dale Allen Toole, 56, pleads guilty to second-degree murder in Jones’s death.
- Toole was originally charged with first-degree murder after U.S. authorities detained him at Houston airport in September 2024.
- He will appear in Kentville court on Oct. 16 for a sentencing update.