CALGARY- As people across the country continue to mourn the deaths of a Calgary family that disappeared last month, the grief is unimaginable for those who knew the family personally.
Five-year-old Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathryn Liknes are presumed dead after vanishing from the Liknes’ Parkhill home. Douglas Garland, 54, now faces murder charges in connection with their disappearance.
“To me that just sums up Nathan.”
He adds it has been hard learning that the missing persons investigation has turned into a murder case.
“There’s always hope. What’s so difficult is you look at how it started. Three people vanished, then signs of violence and piecing that all together…it’s torture.”
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Friends are now rallying behind the devastated family, who have lost so much.
A fundraising site has been set up to help the O’Briens with costs such as funeral expenses, so they don’t need to be burdened by financial concerns.
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