Cassidy Bernard’s ex-boyfriend pleaded guilty to negligent homicide at her death. Dwight Austin Isadore was initially charged with second-degree murder, but the Crown pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of negligent homicide Monday in Port Hawkesbury Supreme Court. Isadore, 23, also pleaded guilty to two counts of child abandonment in connection with the case. According to an agreed statement of events, Isadore attacked Bernard, who was his ex-girlfriend and mother of two children, on October 21, 2018. The native died of her injuries that day and was found inside her home in We’koqma’q First Nation, NS, on October 24, 2018. She was found in her bed, under a blanket and covered with heavy makeup He was 22 years old at the time of her death and Isadore was 19. Court documents state that Bernard’s seven-month-old twin girls were found in a crib next to their mother. The babies were cold, dehydrated, disoriented and malnourished, but survived. An autopsy revealed that Bernard had died from blunt force injuries to her neck and head and that her death was considered homicide. Isadore was arrested on December 3 and charged with second-degree murder and two counts of child abandonment. Court documents state that, after his arrest, Isadore admitted to the RCMP that he had gone to Bernard’s house and had a fight. He said he hit Bernard several times in the face, neck and back and that he died in his arms. According to the agreed statement of events, Isadore told the police that he placed her on her bed, put a blanket on her and put make-up on her face to hide her wounds. He told police the twins were still in their crib when he left home and did not return. Isadore will be sentenced on July 6.
