NANAIMO — Steven Michael Bacon has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a Nanaimo teenager five years ago.Bacon, 61, was initially charged with first-degree murder of the teen he called his “Dearest Baby Bird” and “the most precious person he has ever known.” He reported her disappearance to Nanaimo RCMP.
Bacon, a heavy-set man with thinning white hair, a bushy beard, eyeglasses and numerous tattoos, stood and told Justice Robin Baird: “I plead guilty, Your Honour.”Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence. The issue at sentencing will be how much time Bacon must serve before he is eligible for parole.
In April 2017, Nanaimo search-and-rescue crews combed through the ravine area of Colliery Dam Park and Cat Stream Park looking for clues to Makayla’s whereabouts.