Deceased/Not Found Canada - Alvin, 66, & Kathy Liknes, 53, Nathan O'Brien, 5, Calgary, 30 Jun 2014 - #23

[gunner.]

I have to ask more experienced sleuthers, since this is the first case I've followed this closely and in real-time: is this amount of damning evidence normal in cases like this??? I'm just stunned at all of the rock-solid evidence CPS have here, time and time again, layer after layer (internet searches, documents, video, items, DNA, and on and on). Or, am I falling for the story the Crown is weaving because they are doing their job well?

 

[JadeSLeuth]

[video=twitter;826554781686697984]https://twitter.com/MetroLucie/status/826554781686697984[/video]

 

[JadeSLeuth]

[video=twitter;826554687444889601]https://twitter.com/MetroLucie/status/826554687444889601[/video]

 

[Hatfield]

MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME






Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
Mein: May 21/14 invoice was provided to @Calgarypolice from CTR Refrigeration and Food storage #Garland

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 43s43 seconds ago
Mein says she was asked to show police what was purchased May 21/14 - several knives, butcher knife #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 55s55 seconds ago
CTR receipt for May 21,14: 9.5 inch knife, 10inch butcher knife, 5.5inch boating knife, 6inch boating knife, 6 inch skinning knife #Garland

Good Grief. He was getting enough supplies to take out a small army.

 

[Tealgrove]

I have to ask more experienced sleuthers, since this is the first case I've followed this closely and in real-time: is this amount of damning evidence normal in cases like this??? I'm just stunned at all of the rock-solid evidence CPS have here, time and time again, layer after layer (internet searches, documents, video, items, DNA, and on and on). Or, am I falling for the story the Crown is weaving because they are doing their job well?

Sometimes there is this much and sometimes there isn't. There is a lot of evidence here. To be honest, the photo of the bodies would be the clincher for me, not that I need convincing at this point. Garland left a trail. Without the hard drive, we really wouldn't have all of this. The hard drive set the wheels in motion for a lot of this evidence gathering as well as tying it together.

 

[nettie_82]

I have to ask more experienced sleuthers, since this is the first case I've followed this closely and in real-time: is this amount of damning evidence normal in cases like this??? I'm just stunned at all of the rock-solid evidence CPS have here, time and time again, layer after layer (internet searches, documents, video, items, DNA, and on and on). Or, am I falling for the story the Crown is weaving because they are doing their job well?

In the 2 other cases I have followed closely (Tori Stafford, Tim Bosma) there was a lot of damning evidence in them as well.


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[JadeSLeuth]

I have to ask more experienced sleuthers, since this is the first case I've followed this closely and in real-time: is this amount of damning evidence normal in cases like this??? I'm just stunned at all of the rock-solid evidence CPS have here, time and time again, layer after layer (internet searches, documents, video, items, DNA, and on and on). Or, am I falling for the story the Crown is weaving because they are doing their job well?

I don't know if its 'usual' - nothing about this is 'usual'. I followed a ton of cases, and there is a LOT of crazy ones - but this one ... wow

CPS is phenomenal, I can't say that enough.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Meghan GrantVerified account ‏@CBCMeg 1m1 minute ago
Mein done her testimony. No questions from #Garland defence lawyers. Aft break now

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 1m1 minute ago
No cross-examination of Mein. Afternoon break in #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
Defence has no questions for Mein, her testimony has ended. #Garland #yyc

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 2m2 minutes ago
Two knife sharpeners purchased on June 25, 2014, says Mein. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
Another CTR receipt from June 24, 2014: 2 knife sharpeners. #Garland #yyc

 

[casesensitive]

DG spent a small fortune leading up to the murders. I wonder if he planned on paying his credit card.

 

[Tealgrove]

Those knives aren't cheap.

The planning, the purchasing, the research are all incredible. The guy certainly set up himself up for First Degree.

This is all pretty mind blowing.

 

[olivebpa1]

DG spent a small fortune leading up to the murders. I wonder if he planned on paying his credit card.

Princess auto is actually extremely cheap. Even with everything he bought he wouldn't have spent that much. He must have been really broke to risk using a cc for those purchases.

 

[olivebpa1]

Those knives aren't cheap.

The planning, the purchasing, the research are all incredible. The guy certainly set up himself up for First Degree.

This is all pretty mind blowing.

Good knives are quite expensive.

 

[Hatfield]

Sometimes there is this much and sometimes there isn't. There is a lot of evidence here. To be honest, the photo of the bodies would be the clincher for me, not that I need convincing at this point. Garland left a trail. Without the hard drive, we really wouldn't have all of this. The hard drive set the wheels in motion for a lot of this evidence gathering as well as tying it together.

Good point about the hard drive being found in that hidden rafter space.

Without that a lot of these items would have been scattered about his place. His place was filled with tons of farm tools and other items. LE would not have known about some of these certain items to think they could have been used in this particular crime. Or bought with the intent of being used for the crime.

That hard drive nicely tied things together for LE of his intentions.

Which brings us back to an earlier post someone made that when he was arrested around 1:30am trying to sneak back to his place he likely was trying to get that hard drive so he could get rid of it.

He was smart in some ways and really a dumb crook in others.
Some of the things sound so genious like breaking into a lock with a drill bit and then other things he did like being caught on someones video camera driving around in his truck made him appear to be a dumb crook.

Just glad he made some mistakes like that.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

http://globalnews.ca/video/3213790/douglas-garland-murder-trial-the-emotional-toll-on-the-jury

Nancy Hixt - Crime Beat
Great insight by forensic psychologist Dr Patrick Baillie on the impact on the jury in the triple murder trial of Douglas Garland--
Definitely worth a watch!

Haven't looked at this yet
-JS

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 25s26 seconds ago
#Garland has resumed. Next witness Det. Colin Harper.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 27s27 seconds ago
Harper has been a @CalgaryPolice officer for 38 years. In July 2014 he was in the economic crimes unit #Garland

Meghan GrantVerified account ‏@CBCMeg 36s36 seconds ago
Det. Colin Harper is next witness. He investigated Liknes' 'footprints of life' and #Garland's finances (used to be in economic crime unit)

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 26s26 seconds ago

Harper: July 1/14 was asked to assist the lead detectives in Operation Amber #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 56s56 seconds ago
Harper said he was looking for any "red flags" that might help locate the Likneses and Nathan O'Brien. #Garland #yyc

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
"part of what i was asked to do was to cast the net wide...see if it's possible to further investigation into disappearances" #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 44s44 seconds ago
Harper said he contacted the 6 major banks to see if there was any activity after June 30, 2014. #Garland #yyc

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Harper also looked to see if any suspicious purchases had been made: airline tickets, storage lockers "The net was cast very wide" #Garland

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 1m1 minute ago
Det. Harper looked for activities in Likneses bank accounts to determine what may have happened to them. #Garland

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 28s29 seconds ago
Det. Harper looked into possibility financial gain played a part in the Likneses' disappearance. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 59s60 seconds ago
Harper: asked to cast the net wide among the financial industry in an effort to locate Alvin & Kathy Liknes, and Nathan O'Brien #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Harper looked to see if there was financial gain to be made if "our worst fears were ultimately be realized" and they were killed. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 56s57 seconds ago
Harper: July 2/14 went to Liknes home looking for “Tax returns...investment statements, bank statements” #Garland

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 52s52 seconds ago
Det. Harper checked Liknes bank accounts for any unusual activity leading up to their disappearance. #Garland