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By Jennifer Saltman

Vancouver — A B.C. woman was sentenced to 21 months in jail Wednesday for stashing a tenant’s corpse in a plastic bin. Renee Chelsea Leblanc will then spend three years on probation for interfering with human remains.

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The grisly case began on Oct. 5, 2008, when Irving Bell, who rented a suite in Leblanc’s basement, called police to say he was “getting killed” and then hung up.

When the dispatcher called back, Bell was breathing heavily and admitted he’d been drinking. She told him police would come to the house to check on him.

“It was the last time that Mr. Bell was heard from alive,” Judge Michael Hicks said in his reasons for sentence.

By the time officers arrived, the 67-year-old had died. His cause of death has never been determined.

Leblanc concealed Bell’s corpse under dirty laundry and told police officers that the call was a prank and Bell had left.

The next day, Leblanc went to a hardware store and bought tarps, drop sheets, gloves and a large plastic storage container. She used Bell’s debit card to make the purchases.