More on Brentwood Stabbings

• Matthew de Grood can be eased into community, have unsupervised outings: review board

  With prior approval, Matthew de Grood will be able to leave Alberta Hospital in Edmonton unsupervised for outings in the city.

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  Oct 1, 2019
• Review board hears Matthew de Grood doing well, should have unsupervised outings

  A judge in 2016 found de Grood not criminally responsible for the killings because he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time.

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  Sep 17, 2019
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• Matthew de Grood granted extra freedoms at Alberta forensic centre

  De Grood was found not criminally responsible for the deaths of Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura, Josh Hunter, Kaiti Perras and Lawrence Hong.

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  Apr 18, 2017
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• Matthew de Grood vows not to relapse as victims’ families ask board to deny request for privileges

  Every year, Matthew de Grood’s status is reviewed by an Alberta provincial court judge, two psychiatrists and community members.

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  Apr 6, 2017
• ‘Model patient’ Matthew de Grood to seek reintegration into society despite concerns

  Ten months after he was declared not criminally responsible (NCR) for the worst mass killing in Calgary's history, Matthew de Grood will start seeking freedoms.

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  Mar 29, 2017
• Families of Brentwood 5 victims want Matthew de Grood hospitalized indefinitely

  Last May, Matthew de Grood was found not criminally responsible (NCR), meaning he was found to have been mentally ill at the time of the Brentwood stabbings.

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  Mar 28, 2017
• How the legacy of the Brentwood tragedy is helping budding musicians’ dreams come true

  Five young lives were lost in at a house party in Brentwood more than two years ago, consuming the city in grief. But an organization created in the memories of two of the young men -- both musicians -- is bringing hope in the darkest of places.

  Features

  Dec 2, 2016
• Matthew de Grood’s 1st review board hearing set after verdict in Calgary stabbings

  Since the trial, de Grood has been held at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre. It will be up to the Alberta Review Board to decide what happens to him next.

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  Jun 15, 2016
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• What a high-risk NCR designation could mean for Matthew de Grood

  Matthew de Grood has been found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five people at a Calgary house party in 2014. The Crown says it is considering designating de Grood high-risk NCR; here is what that could mean for the 24-year-old.

  Canada

  May 25, 2016
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• ‘This isn’t the end’: Brentwood victims’ families, Matthew de Grood’s parents react to verdict

  The families of the five young victims of the Brentwood tragedy and the parents of Matthew de Grood said the end of the trial is not the end of their nightmare, in emotional statements outside court Wednesday.

  Crime

  May 25, 2016