CALGARY – A Medicine Hat girl who was just 12 years old when she was found guilty of murdering her family had her sentencing review hearing postponed to next week.
The girl, who can only be identified as “J.R.” will have completed her full 10-year sentence in early 2016 for three counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of her mother, father and 8-year-old brother.
JR spent five years in custody, partly at a psychiatric facility, and then under conditional supervision in Calgary where she enrolled in university and held a part-time job.
Her accomplice and then 23-year-old boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, was also found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and received three concurrent sentences of life in prison. Steinke will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years.
JR’s sentencing review hearing—which could allow her greater freedom—is now set for Feb. 17.
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With files from Erika Tucker
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