Alexander James Thorpe

• 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.'

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  Dec 20, 2022
  
• Treatment hearing for Alberta man found not criminally responsible in mother’s death

  Thorpe pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Melanie Lowen's death and was found not criminally responsible last month.

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  Nov 23, 2022
  
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• ‘No moral compass’: Judge finds man not criminally responsible in mother’s death

  Dr. Hashman initially found Thorpe, who is 21, fit to stand trial in the death of Melanie Lowen, whose body was found at her home in Airdrie, north of Calgary, in January.

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  Oct 21, 2022
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• ‘Kill Satan’: Trial hears Alberta man not criminally responsible for mother’s death

  Alexander James Thorpe pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder today in a Calgary court.

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  Oct 20, 2022
• Airdrie man charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of his mother

  A source confirmed Lowen was Thorpe's mother.

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  Jan 17, 2022