Alberta Review Board

• ‘Back where we started’: Father of Kaiti Perras frustrated with Matthew de Grood’s appeal

  De Grood was found not criminally responsible in 2016 in connection with the 2014 deaths of Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter and Lawrence Hong. 

  Crime

  Sep 24, 2023
  
• Mental health panel takes cautious approach for Alberta man who killed mother

  The Alberta Review Board said that Thorpe should remain at the Southern Alberta Psychiatry Centre for his treatment and that he still poses 'a significant threat.'

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2022
  
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• Appeal filed against Alberta Review Board ruling that Matthew de Grood still a risk

  A mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five people at a Calgary house party is appealing a ruling that found he remains a significant risk to public safety.

  Crime

  Oct 25, 2022
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• Matthew de Grood remains ‘significant risk’: Alberta Review Board

  Matthew de Grood remains a significant threat to public safety and "is not entitled to an absolute discharge” at this time, the Alberta Review Board has ruled.

  Crime

  Oct 11, 2022
• Calgary killer cleared to transition to group home by Alberta Review Board

  The mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a Calgary house party has been cleared to transition to a group home.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2021
• Review board hears Matthew de Grood’s psychosis is in full remission

  A mentally ill man who stabbed and killed five young people at a Calgary house party seven years ago could be in a group home by Christmas, a review board heard Wednesday.

  Crime

  Sep 8, 2021
• No new freedoms granted to Matthew de Grood, who killed 5 at Calgary house party while delusional

  The Alberta Review Board says a mentally ill man who stabbed and killed five young people at a Calgary house party has been making progress but will not be going into a group home in the next year.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2020
• Matthew de Grood, who killed 5 while delusional in Calgary is making progress: psychiatrist

  A psychiatrist treating a mentally-ill man who killed five young people at a Calgary house party said Matthew de Grood has made progress but any new freedoms will be granted slowly.

  Crime

  Sep 8, 2020
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• Crime Beat podcast: The Brentwood Five massacre, Part 3

  Hear about the horrific bond between two of the most high-profile Canadian killings: the Brentwood Five massacre and the Greyhound bus beheading.

  Crime

  Apr 7, 2020
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• Alberta Review Board chairwoman resigns; says she received no government support

  The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.

  Politics

  Nov 20, 2019