Children of woman killed in domestic homicide still haven’t been placed with family

VANCOUVER – The family of a Clearwater woman, killed in an apparent domestic homicide last spring, are still trying to get her three children placed in the care of their aunt and uncle.

Angila Wilson was mother to a six-year-old, four-year-old and a two-year-old. She was killed by her estranged husband, Iain Scott last year, who was charged with first-degree murder. Scott was recently denied bail.

Wilson’s children witnessed the crime and 10 months later they are still being moved from foster home to foster home and have not been placed with family.

“We haven’t even been given any reason as to why they’re not under our care or at least our supervision at this time,” says Frank Wilson, Angila’s brother. “The whole point was for them to be integrated into our family as an adoption.”

Frank and his wife say Wilson took refuge in their home many times after suffering domestic violence and say she told them she would like them to look after her children if anything ever happened to her.

The couple have two children of their own.

In a statement provided to Global News, Minister of Children and Family Development, Stephanie Cadieux, says it is understandable the family members would have questions in this tragic and difficult situation.

We can’t speak to the specifics of any individual case but according to our legislation the paramount concern is the safety and well-being of the child. While there are other legislative provisions and policy to support them, that concern comes first. Everyone wants timely decision making – and decision making as quick as possible. The director of Child Welfare under the Act requires information to inform those decisions.

Having all the necessary information to make choices and decisions about where a child will live is extremely important – in complex cases there may‎ be more than one placement option.

These are difficult decisions, but I have confidence we have the right people gathering the information needed to make this very significant decision in a child’s life consistent with our legislation.

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