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Ryan Grantham was once best known for playing Jeffery Augustine in The CW horror show, Riverdale, but the actor will now face life behind bars for a real-life crime. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March 2022 after he fatally shot his mother, Barbara Waite, in 2020.MORE: Monster: What happened to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer?His sentencing was delivered on 22 September in British Columbia, when he was handed a life sentence with the possibility of parole in 14 years. WATCH: Riverdale: Season five trailerBut who is Ryan Grantham and what exactly happened?He began acting professionally at the age of nine and starred in the Diary of Wimpy Kid movie, playing Rodney James, in 2010. Ryan had a part in Riverdale in 2019, but his life would then take a tragic turn. MORE: Serial subject Adnan Syed granted new trial and released from prison after 22 yearsMORE: Netflix's I Just Killed My Dad: Where is Anthony Templet now?Ryan shot his mother in the head as she played the piano in their townhouse in Squamish, north of Vancouver, Canada.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Vile death row serial killer Rodney James Alcala, who murdered a 12-year-old girl and at least seven other women, has died in jail.The 77-year-old had been taken to hospital close to California's Corcoran state prison, when he died of natural causes in the early hours of Saturday morning.The serial killer got his moniker for appearing on an American TV show called The Dating Game in 1978 - after he had begun his sickening murder spree.Introduced as an eligible bachelor looking for love, the television crew had no idea of Alcala's dark and twisted crimes.It was not until 2010 that Alcala was finally brought to justice when he pleaded guilty to taking the lives of women in California and