Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 39s39 seconds ago
Crown prosecutor Vicki Faulkner will be questioning Doreen #Garland; Accused was born January 27, 1960. "He's almost 57," says his mother.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 5s5 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland says she and her husband wasn't a hunter, but son Douglas had gone a few times. Doesn't recall when.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · now
"Did he ever butcher any animals?" Crown asks. Doreen #Garland says no. "No, he did not," when asked if he had many friends.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 4s4 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland says accused was admitted to medical school at U of A. Afer a few months, "he seemed to have had a breakdown" and left.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 3s3 seconds ago
"Well, he's my son, I love him and I've always loved him," says Doreen #Garland. "I think he's an unhappy man."
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · now
Doreen #Garland: "The room that the computer was in, the door would be open and I'd see him using the computer."
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · now
"We're really old school I'm afraid," says Doreen #Garland of her and husband's lack of computer skills. They never used it, she says.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 4s4 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland says her son fixed things well, the dishwasher, the washing machine. "Even when he was a little boy he was very good.."
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 17s17 seconds ago
"Basically we just did whatever we wanted to do," Doreen #Garland says of life on the farm. She always cooked dinner for the three.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · now
Doreen #Garland is asked, "Do you know if Douglas was incontinent?" she says she wasn't aware.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 12s12 seconds ago
Crown mentioned that accused #Garland had a "fascination with restrained and diapered women" in opening address Monday.
Kevin Martin ‏@KMartinCourts · 6m6 minutes ago
Douglas Garland built this greenhouse on the Garland farm, his mother says. #Garland
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
"Because we were three adults living there, we respected privacy for each other," says Doreen #Garland. Didn't go into his room.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
Accused Douglas #Garland liked to read, says his mom, but doesn't know what books he was reading in June 2014.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 15s15 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland is extremely polite, warm as she answers questions from Crown.
Kevin Martin ‏@KMartinCourts · 46s46 seconds ago
"He had several shelves of books," Doreen says of son, Douglas. #Garland
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
"I wasn't an outdoor person," says Doreen #Garland, adding she didn't spend time around the out buildings.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
Doreen #Garland says she doesn't know why Douglas bought some things. "We had enough" on the property, she says.
Kevin Martin ‏@KMartinCourts · 1m1 minute ago
"This is what we called the shop," Doreen Garland says of one of the buildings on their property. #Garland
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
Doreen #Garland's retired life before June 2014 consisted of attending church groups, reading books, spending time with her family.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 47s47 seconds ago
Crown asks if they were growing anything in the greenhouse in June 2014. She says no, they weren't. #Garland
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
"It wasn't being used, to the best of my knowledge," says Doreen #Garland. Now being asked how they dealt with garbage.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 41s41 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland identifies the burn barrel on their property. "I would imagine that was the one that was used." She never burned garbage.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 45s45 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland says she thinks her son gathered up the garbage every day. "I don't know how frequently it was burned," she says.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 53s54 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland had to take her husband to urgent care just before weekend of June 29, 2014 because of his tooth issue.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 2m2 minutes ago
Doreen #Garland says Archie also took tylenol-3 for pain that weekend. She takes a sleeping pill at night. "I'd done that for a few years."
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 2m2 minutes ago
Did anything out of the ordinary occur that night? Crown asks of June 29. Nothing she knows of, says Doreen #Garland
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 1m1 minute ago
Doreen #Garland recounting morning of June 30: she went to memorial service, came home at 5 p.m.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 12s13 seconds ago
Doreen #Garland went down that evening to watch tv news. Saw a storm was coming when she saw Alberta alert. then saw picture of three.
Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney · 29s29 seconds ago
"I go the impression the Liknes' had taken their grandson," says Doreen #Garland
****note... pics are available on Twitter from @KMartinCourts****