David Shearing

• ‘He hunted them’: Family launches petition to keep B.C. mass murderer behind bars

  In 1982 in central B.C., David Ennis shot grandparents George and Edith Bentley and parents Bob and Jackie Johnson, and raped their young daughters before killing them as well.

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  Dec 31, 2025
  
• B.C. family launches petition again to keep murderer behind bars

  David Ennis abducted the Johnsons’ 13- and 11-year-old daughters, Janet and Karen, and spent several days torturing and sexually assaulting them before killing them.

  Crime

  Oct 15, 2025
  
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• B.C. mass murderer to apply for release, victims’ families want request denied

  David Shearing, who now goes by the name David Ennis, will be seeking his release today.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2021
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• Family of B.C. mass murder victims compile statements, petition to keep killer behind bars

  In August of 1982, David Ennis shot grandparents George and Edith Bentley and parents Bob and Jackie Johnson as they camped just outside Wells Gray Provincial Park.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2021
• Alberta family pleads and petitions to keep BC mass murderer behind bars

  A man convicted of murdering six people in 1982 could get day parole. David Shearing (Ennis) plans to live in the Calgary area.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2021
• ‘It’s still very emotional’: Friends, family of murdered Okanagan family prepare for parole hearing

  An online petition has been launched to keep David Shearing, now known as David Ennis, behind bars.

  Crime

  Feb 17, 2021
• Man responsible for one of B.C.’s most horrifying mass murders can apply for parole again in July

  In August of 1982, David Shearing, who now goes by David Ennis, shot George and Edity Bentley and Bob and Jackie Johnson as they camped just outside Wells Gray Provincial Park.

  Crime

  Feb 15, 2021
• Petition growing to keep Wells Gray murderer behind bars

  David William Shearing, who now also goes by David Ennis, killed six members of the Johnson-Bentley family in August 1982 as they camped in Wells Gray Provincial Park.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
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• Family relieved murderer declines parole hearing

  The man convicted of murdering two young girls, their parents and grandparents more than three decades ago in British Columbia has waived his right to an upcoming parole hearing, and it will be 2021 before he can apply again.

  Feb 18, 2016
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• Mass murderer forgoes parole hearing

  The mass murder who mercilessly wiped out a West Kelowna family more than 30 years ago will remain behind bars for at least the next two years. David Ennis, formerly known as David Shearing, shot to death six members of the Bentley-Johnson family in an ambush attack in August 1982. He was set to go...

  Jul 24, 2014