Emil Radita

• Father convicted in death of malnourished Calgary teen must wait to speak at inquiry

  Court heard the boy was hospitalized twice due to malnutrition and taken into foster care before later being returned to his parents, who moved to Calgary in 2008.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2023
  
• Fatality inquiry begins into death of Calgary teen who weighed 37 pounds when he died

  Alexandru Radita died in May 2013 of bacterial sepsis brought on by complications due to untreated diabetes and starvation.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2022
  
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• Canada’s top court will not hear appeals of Calgary parents convicted in teen son’s death

  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeals of a Calgary couple found guilty of killing their diabetic teenage son.

  Crime

  Feb 13, 2020
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• Crime Beat podcast: The boy who fell through the cracks

  It was nearly a decade later before anyone realized just how bad things got for Alex, and by that time, it was too late. Alex was dead.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2019
• Appeal dismissed for Calgary parents convicted in teen son’s death

  Emil and Rodica Radita challenged their first-degree murder convictions two years ago in the death of 15-year-old Alexandru.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2019
• B.C. social worker pushes for ‘Alex Alerts’ for at-risk children

  A BC social worker is running into a bureaucratic brick wall in attempting to facilitate changes to the social safety net to protect future at-risk children.

  Canada

  Jan 2, 2018
• Rodica Radita appeals murder conviction, sentence in diabetic son’s death

  Rodica Radita says she is not guilty of murdering her son and the judge did not consider all the evidence.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2017
• Radita trial: Parents guilty of 1st-degree murder in death of diabetic son

  A Calgary couple has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of their diabetic son.

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2017
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• Radita trial: defence says no proof parents intended to kill diabetic son

  Andrea Serink, who represents Rodica Radita, spent the morning providing a rebuttal to the Crown's final arguments against the couple.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2016
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• Radita trial: Crown says diabetic boy’s parents guilty of murder

  The Crown says the parents of a teen who died of starvation and untreated diabetes should have known their lack of care would end in their son's death and are guilty of murder.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2016