Triple Murder Suicide

• Desmond inquiry: Nova Scotia inquest into shooting tragedy facing complex challenges

  The Lionel Desmond inquiry is expected to draw to a close next month in Nova Scotia, with questions still lingering about what it can accomplish.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2021
  
• Doctor who examined Lionel Desmond tells fatality inquiry what he saw

  Lionel Desmond killed his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter before turning the rifle on himself in January 2017.

  Crime

  Feb 3, 2020
  
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• Police release names of four dead in apparent murder-suicide in Ryerson Township

  The two women and a man believed to be murder victims were from three generations of the same family, police say

  Crime

  Feb 26, 2018
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• Lionel Desmond’s family to meet with NS Health Authority

  The province's health authority is expected to release a quality review to the family on Wednesday, which will address how the health care system dealt with Desmond before he killed his family. 

  Crime

  Jun 28, 2017
• Candlelight vigil planned for victims of murder-suicide in Nova Scotia

  A candlelight vigil will be held Saturday evening in Upper Big Tracadie, N.S., to remember four members of one family who died this week in a tragic triple murder-suicide.

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2017
• Four family members in Nova Scotia murder-suicide died of gunshot wounds: RCMP

  Nova Scotia RCMP have confirmed all four family members found dead in a home in Upper Big Tracadie, N.S. Tuesday evening died of gunshot wounds.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2017