Whitby man found guilty of murdering estranged wife confessed on social media

A Whitby, Ont., man found guilty of murdering his 34-year-old wife, who ended the relationship, posted a confession on social media after the attack saying, “Am sorry for killing her, I love her and I can’t imagine her with a next man.”

Latonya Anderson was just four days away from her 35th birthday when Troy Moulton strangled her to death at the home on Kressman Court in Whitby on Nov. 4, 2023. Anderson lived in the home with her 12-year old son, her mother and her brother.

Moulton was found guilty of second-degree murder in March after a judge-alone trial.

The sentence for second-degree murder is life imprisonment. However, the only issue the judge must decide is a period of parole ineligibility between 10 and 25 years.

Assistant Crown attorney Tammy D’Eri told Superior Court Justice Lisa Wannamaker the parole ineligibility period should be set at 20 years given the aggravating features of the case, including that Anderson’s son heard the fight between his mother her husband.

After killing Anderson, Moulton left the home after briefly speaking to the boy, who later found his mother dead.

Moulton attended a bank after leaving the home, completed a wire transfer to Jamaica, wrote a message on social media about Anderson and then called Durham Regional Police to turn himself in.

After driving to 17 Division, he was taken to 18 Division where he gave an 80-minute statement detailing what had happened that night.

Moulton testified at trial that he did not intend to kill Anderson and that, in fact, it was an accident, and he did not realize that he had his arm around her neck when he held her close.

He said that she was trying to get away but he held her so she could not leave so he could talk to her, and only later realized she was not moving.

But Wannamaker wrote in her judgment that Moulton intended to kill Anderson or intended to cause bodily harm and was reckless as to whether death ensued.

“He was upset with Ms. Anderson. He was extremely unhappy that, in his mind, she was starting a new relationship with another man and she was doing so right in front of him,” wrote Wannamaker.

“He placed significant importance on her upcoming birthday, which was only days away. He was particularly distraught that he believed she would be spending it with this other man.”

The judge went on to write, “He wanted her to change her mind and, if she had given him comfort, he would not have been sitting in a police station, meaning Ms. Anderson would not be dead. It was simply too much for Mr. Moulton to bear (sic), so he put his hands on her.