Manslaughter charge laid in 2023 suspicious death in Sooke

Almost one year to the day after a man was found dead under suspicious circumstances, Sooke RCMP laid charges in the death.

On March 12, 2023, a 42-year-old Sooke father, Mike Leier, was found dead in Otter Point. On March 8, 2024, RCMP laid charges against 33-year-old Adam John Steenbergen.

Leier was found in the 8500 block of West Coast Road. At the time, police said it appeared he was injured in a remote wilderness area near Jordan River.

Steenbergen is facing four charges including manslaughter using firearm, careless use or storage of a firearm.

Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit led the investigation into Leier’s death.

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• MARCH 13, 2023: VIIMCU investigating suspicious death of man found in Otter Point
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-With files from CHEK’s April Lawrence

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