RIVERDALE Actor Ryan Grantham Has Been Sentenced to Life in Prison For Killing His Mother

A grim story to send you into the weekend here, but we're hearing that Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham, who played Jeffery Augustine on the CW series, has been sentenced to life in prison for matricide.

By MarkCassidy - Sep 23, 2022 01:09 PM EST

Filed Under: Riverdale

This is some bleak news to report on a Friday, but it's come to light that Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison for matricide.

The 24-year-old Canadian actor, who played Jeffery Augustine the CW's Archie Comics-based series, was sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, after having initially been charged with first-degree murder. He will not be eligible for parole for at least 14 years.

According to prosecutors, he had also plotted to kill Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

Grantham admitted to shooting his mother, Barbara Waite, in the back of the head as she played piano in their Vancouver home back in 2020. He then filmed a GoPro video in which he confessed to the murder, before driving east to Ottawa in a car filled with guns, ammunition and Molotov cocktails. Grantham reportedly considered committing a mass shooting at Simon Fraser University, but ultimately decided to turn himself in to the Vancouver Police Department.

Grantham’s sister delivered a victim impact statement at the trial, during which Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker called the case “tragic” and “heartbreaking.” She added that it was a “saving grace” that Grantham chose to turn himself in and not commit further crimes.

Grantham only appeared in a single episode of Riverdale, but has also featured in Supernatural and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The actor has been in custody for the past two and a half years, where he has participated in a mental health program.

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AmySabadini - 9/23/2022, 1:02 PM

Good.

Razorface1 - 9/23/2022, 1:06 PM

@AmySabadini - How is this good? Somebody died.

Unscrupulous - 9/23/2022, 1:08 PM

@Razorface1 - 160,000 people die everyday. What’s tragic?

TheWalkingCuban - 9/23/2022, 1:10 PM

@Unscrupulous - Your callousness, that’s what.

AmySabadini - 9/23/2022, 1:11 PM

@Razorface1 - "RIVERDALE Actor Ryan Grantham Has Been Sentenced to Life in Prison For Killing His Mother" Good.

TheWalkingCuban - 9/23/2022, 1:12 PM

@Razorface1 - I think he means the other part of the article. The fact that he’s from Riverdale. Or maybe that he’s getting jail time for what he did. Now they can’t be it, must be the Riverdale thing.

GirshwinDavies - 9/23/2022, 1:19 PM

@TheWalkingCuban - Damn skippy

CorndogBurglar - 9/23/2022, 1:20 PM

@Razorface1 - Amy was obviously saying it's good that he was sentenced to life in prison. I mean come on, man lol.

CorndogBurglar - 9/23/2022, 1:20 PM

@Unscrupulous - Wow, you're an idiot.

Feralwookiee - 9/23/2022, 1:30 PM

@Unscrupulous - You don't think executing a person by shooting them in the back of the head is tragic?

You have won the edgelord of the day award. Congrats.

Origame - 9/23/2022, 1:51 PM

@Unscrupulous - ...hello Dr Manhattan. Who gave you internet access?

Starlight - 9/23/2022, 3:05 PM

@Razorface1 - You need to sharpen your interpretation skills.

The1st - 9/23/2022, 3:48 PM

@Razorface1 - Not everyone is as far along in their growth and development as you are, but I agree. That said, as Falcone says...people die everyday. If anything it probably just adds to the strange mystique the show seems to have given how total ham it was.

CorndogBurglar - 9/23/2022, 5:26 PM

@The1st - People dying every day doesn't mean some of those deaths aren't tragic...

jst5 - 9/24/2022, 4:36 AM

@Unscrupulous - What a slimeball you are...

Unscrupulous - 9/24/2022, 9:37 AM

@jst5 - over 5,000 children die everyday because they don’t have a clean drinking water source.
Is that not tragic? I mean what are you doing about it?

Unscrupulous - 9/24/2022, 9:38 AM

@Feralwookiee - how do you prefer that people to be murdered?

Feralwookiee - 9/24/2022, 11:05 AM

@Unscrupulous - Do your parents know that you're on the internet unattended?

dagenspear - 9/24/2022, 3:11 PM

@TheWalkingCuban - Do you mourn all those deaths. If not, maybe they're not the only one whose callous.

TheWalkingCuban - 9/24/2022, 3:20 PM

@dagenspear - I don’t have time for this, I was in the middle of crying for a victim number… Dog on it I lost count! Now I have to start over, so if you’ll excuse me 🚪

Lokiwasright - 9/23/2022, 1:07 PM

Meanwhile dogs are killing children daily and no one cares...

When is the next mcu movie coming out?

relentless1 - 9/23/2022, 1:15 PM

Its Canada, he'll be out in 6 months 😂

bobevanz - 9/23/2022, 1:24 PM

@relentless1 - it's mandatory life in Canada, no dice lol

ReverseFlasher - 9/23/2022, 1:38 PM

@bobevanz - the article says hes eligible for parole in 14 years

relentless1 - 9/23/2022, 8:32 PM

@bobevanz - um nope, "life" in Canada is 15 years... 5 with parole for murder lol trust me I live here 😂

Toblakai - 9/23/2022, 11:21 PM

@bobevanz - he's not serving life I prison.

What part of Canada do you live in?

bobevanz - 9/23/2022, 1:24 PM

GG's, thoughts and prayers Yada yada

SanFranLand - 9/23/2022, 1:34 PM

@Alexjones2 - Hell yeah. Alex Jones2 makes way more sense than Alex Jones the first. Internet anonymity exposes the worst in people. And with a sense of glee. These comments wouldn’t be made in a face-to-face conversation

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RIVERDALE Actor Ryan Grantham Has Been Sentenced to Life in Prison For Killing His Mother

A grim story to send you into the weekend here, but we're hearing that Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham, who played Jeffery Augustine on the CW series, has been sentenced to life in prison for matricide.

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