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Allan Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for killing his three young children in Merritt, B.C., 14 years ago.

A review hearing for Allan Schoenborn, who killed his three children in Merritt 16 years ago, revealed Wednesday that Schoenborn legally changed his name in February.

He was accused of murder, but for almost three years a Vernon, B.C. man's court case has been on hold. Richard William Fairgrieve suffered a series of strokes.

The decision to give a British Columbia child killer escorted day passes was overturned on Thursday after Allan Schoenborn's lawyer told a review panel he no longer wanted them.

VICTORIA - The horrible murders of three children by their deranged father has prompted the British Columbia government to introduce the workings of its domestic violence action plan.

VICTORIA - The horrible murders of three children by their deranged father has prompted the British Columbia government to introduce the workings of its domestic violence action plan.

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - The B.C. man who murdered his three his children is apparently hated both inside and outside the forensic hospital where he's serving time for their deaths.

VANCOUVER - The family of three children murdered by their father in Merritt, B.C., in 2008 is angry the father has won a delay in his latest psychiatric review.

In the minute-long radio ad, the Conservative leader references "the tragic story" of Allan Schoenborn, who in February 2010 was found "not criminally responsible" on account of a mental disorder.

Allan Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for stabbing his 10-year-old daughter and smothering his eight and five-year-old sons in their Merritt, B.C., home in April 2008.

A hearing begins today in B.C. Supreme Court to determine whether strict new controls should be placed on a mentally ill father who killed his three children eight years ago.

A woman whose cousin's children were brutally murdered by their father says changes to the way Canada deals with those deemed not criminally responsible for their actions might give her shattered family some room to heal.

Two undercover RCMP officers say Allan Schoenborn told them repeatedly during conversations in prison that he meant to kill his three children, court heard Friday. Robert Koopmans

<p>Prosecutors are opposing an application to release taped conversations between accused child-killer Allan Schoenborn and the mother of the murder victims, arguing she has done everything possible to avoid public attention. Robert Koopmans</p>

Jurors will be spared seeing graphic photographs of three dead children after lawyers for the Crown and defence agreed Allan Dwayne Schoenborn will face murder charges before a judge alone. Robert Koopmans

VICTORIA - Three vulnerable children murdered by their mentally ill father could have been saved if British Columbia's social safety net was working properly, says a scathing report by the children's commissioner that immediately prompted government to apologize to the bereaved mother.

A report on the short lives and tragic deaths of three British Columbia children will be released today by the provincial representative for children and youth.

VANCOUVER - It was a horrific crime, so grotesque that Allan Schoenborn, the B.C. father found not criminally responsible for killing his three children, became the poster boy for reforming the federal law to keep mentally ill offenders in detention for longer periods of time.

"The similarities between the man who escaped yesterday and Allan Schoenborn are frightening," said a family spokesperson.

A psychiatrist says a man found not criminally responsible because of a mental illness after killing his three children is making slow progress but still struggles with anger management.