Castor House Fire

• Supreme Court of Canada orders Alberta Court of Appeal to deal with sentence in triple murder case

  Canada's top court has sent the case of two men convicted in the slayings of three family members back to the Alberta Court of Appeal.

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  Jun 16, 2022
  
• Appeal court lengthens parole period in triple murder of Alberta family

  The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial judge erred by not applying consecutive parole eligibilities for two men convicted in the slayings of three family members.

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  Feb 8, 2021
  
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• Crown wants court to change parole period in triple murder of Alberta family

  Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank were each sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years after being convicted of three counts of first-degree murder.

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  Jun 16, 2020
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• Alberta men who killed family near Castor denied request for new trial

  Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank were sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years in 2018 after being convicted of three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Gordon, Sandra and Monica Klaus.

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  Dec 3, 2019
• Some relatives of Alberta triple murder victims concerned by killers’ sentences

  Some relatives are not happy with the sentence imposed on two men found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three members of one family in central Alberta.

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  Feb 15, 2018
• ‘I did not kill my family:’ Men who murdered Alberta family speak at sentencing

  An Alberta man convicted along with a friend of killing his mother, father and sister denied he was a killer Monday, but expressed remorse for the "little involvement'' he had in their deaths. 

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  Jan 22, 2018
• 2 men found guilty in central Alberta triple-murder trial

  Relatives of three members of a central Alberta family who were murdered and their bodies burned lashed out at the two men convicted of first-degree murder in their deaths Wednesday.

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  Jan 10, 2018
• Closing arguments made in Alberta triple-murder trial

  After six weeks of evidence and countless descriptions of how Gordon, Sandra and Monica Klaus died, Crown prosecutor Doug Taylor told a Red Deer court Wednesday that only one account makes sense.

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  Nov 29, 2017
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• Crown suggests Joshua Frank had financial motive for killing Alberta family

  One of two men charged with shooting three people, then burning their house down, continues to maintain he had nothing to do with it.

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  Nov 27, 2017
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• Second suspect in central Alberta triple-murder case testifies in his own defence

  The second of two central Alberta men accused of murdering three people took the witness stand in his own defence Friday.

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  Nov 25, 2017