Deceased/Not Found Canada - Alvin, 66, & Kathy Liknes, 53, Nathan O'Brien, 5, Calgary, 30 Jun 2014 - #27

[Bravo]

I shudder to think but since killers sick vengeance was mainly directed at Alvin I think Alvin was last........sigh.

 

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Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 39s39 seconds ago
Parker says the Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that #Garland contributed to their deaths. #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 49s49 seconds ago
Jury back. Crown: discussing his suggestions on verdicts to reach on first or second degree murder. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"Did Doug #Garland cause the death of the 3 victims?" #yyc

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Crown tells jurors to ask themselves a few questions. #Garland

 

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Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 31s31 seconds ago
The Crown, however, does not need to prove how they were killed. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 32s32 seconds ago
Parker-going through possible verdicts jury could reach in this case #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 57s57 seconds ago
Parker says the first question for the jury: Did Doug #Garland cause the deaths of Alvin and Kathy Liknes and Nathan O'Brien?

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 57s57 seconds ago
Crown: they must prove beyond a reasonable doubt #Garland caused their deaths.

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 58s58 seconds ago
Parker on questions jury must answer, did #Garland cause their deaths? Was Nathan O'Brien's death 1st degree? #yyc

 

[Leader6518]

I don't know if that is a case of misreporting and/or bad headline writing. Or if this "veteran criminal lawyer" truly doesn't understand the law but that information is just plain wrong. The standard of BARD only applies to the evaluation of the evidence as a whole and not individual aspects of the evidence.

Stewart v. The Queen, 1976 CanLII 202, [1977] 2 S.C.R. 748 at 759-61
R. v. Morin, 1988 CanLII 8, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 345 at 354, 44 C.C.C. (3d) 193
R. v. White, 1998 CanLII 789, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 72, 125 C.C.C. (3d) 385 at paras. 38-41

If the lawyer really said this, it's an example of why the public is often suspicious of defence lawyers and their machinations.

And the simplest explanation is also usually the closest to fact, the defense didn't have evidence or witnesses to refute the evidence the crown put on. To try would only highlight the utter depravity of the accused.

 

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Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 35s35 seconds ago
"You can rightfully conclude all three are deceased," #Garland didn't want "you," the jury, to have the evidence of bodies.

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 46s46 seconds ago
Parker: the fact that only fragments were found...means #Garland did not want you to have info corpses would have provided

 

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Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 1m1 minute ago
Parker says jury will need to answer 3 questions 1) did #Garland kill the victims 2) did he plan it 3) was death of O'Brien 1st degree?

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 1m1 minute ago
Parker says it was #Garland intentional act and purpose to cause their deaths #yyc

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 1m1 minute ago
Parker says the "cremation destroyed the evidence" of the murder, evidence of his involvement. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"the fact that only fragments were found..means #Garland didn't want you to have the information the corpses would provide" #yyc

 

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Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 48s49 seconds ago
"They were always going to die by his hand," Parker says. #Garland #yyc

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
“They were always going to die by his hand” Parker tells jury #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"no explanation why a man would research death, murder, lock picking + the Likneses unless he was planing their capture and murder" #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
No explanation why a man would research death, murder, lock picking and the Likneses, "they were always going to die by his hand" #Garland

 

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Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
Parker says #Garland had the motive to kill the Likneses. #yyc

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 2m2 minutes ago
Garland had motive, angry at Alvin, fantasized about Kathy. His truck was seen in the Liknes neighbourhood. #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 2m2 minutes ago
"Simply no explanation why a man would research death, murder, lock picking & the Likneses," unless planning murder/dismemberment. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
"there is no doubt it was Garland truck at the scene of the kidnapping" #Garland #yyc

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 2m2 minutes ago
Parker: #Garland had motive, opportunity

 

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Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 27s27 seconds ago
"All the forensic evidence points to Douglas #Garland. He burned the bodies. It was a targeted crime - not from a random stranger."

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 36s36 seconds ago
Parker: "Kidnapping is a very personal crime" #Garland

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 55s55 seconds ago
The crime scene points to a "targeted crime". #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"Make no mistake. Kidnapping is a very personal crime." #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
"Make no mistake: Kidnapping is a very personal crime." #Garland

 

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Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 44s44 seconds ago
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Parker says this is likely the most important, telling piece of evidence in the #Garland case. #yyc
Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"you have the DNA for Alvin, Kathy, Nathan AND Doug on rubber boots...this is conclusive as to who is responsible for all 3 death" #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 50s50 seconds ago
"You also have the molar of a child found in the ash" Parker said of forensic evidence found at the #Garland farm

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"you have the DNA for Alvin, Kathy, Nathan AND Doug on rubber boots...this is conclusive as to who is responsible for all 3 death" #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker says the rubber boots are possibly the most conclusive piece of evidence in the trial. #Garland

 

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Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 44s45 seconds ago
"He was the culprit you are to hold accountable to law by facts and by your verdict," #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
The hard drive "was a window into the mind" of Douglas #Garland, says Crown.
Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker says #Garland connected an old computer last used in 2013, hard drive hidden in the rafters, 'a window into the mind of Doug Garland'

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 1m1 minute ago
Parker says boots containing DNA of all three victims and
#Garland one of the most significant pieces of evidence. Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 1m1 minute ago
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"#Garland held a grudge against Alvin Liknes," said Parker. He says Garland "fantasized about Kathy Liknes".


Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
Parker points to rubber boots seized at #Garland farm as one of the key pieces of evidence in this case-DNA of all 3 victims found on boots

 

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Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 59s60 seconds ago
"#Garland planned and deliberately murdered Alvin and Kathy - making it first degree."

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
#Garland planned and deliberately planned Kathy and Alvin's murders. Planning showed increased intensity after ads posted.

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Garland planned and deliberately killed Alvin & Kathy Liknes. He planned to dominate them. #Garland

 

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Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Nathan's death was murder in the first degree, says Crown: he was alive when he was taken from "his mother's old bedroom." #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker says Nathan's death is murder in the first degree. Nathan was alive when he was taken from the house. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 2m2 minutes ago
Parker: "it was thoroughly planned domination and murder. Garland hunted them" #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
"it was not spontaneous, it was throughly planned domination and murder"

 

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Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 37s38 seconds ago
Parker says this case was not spur of the moment. It was deliberate and planned. He says #Garland kidnapped and killed Nathan.


Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 50s51 seconds ago
Crown says only if Nathan was killed in first attack- which isn't conclusive- could they find it anything less than 1st degree. #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 53s54 seconds ago
#Garland would have had the tme to form a plan to kill Nathan; only 2nd degree if proven Nathan died from initial attack.

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 58s59 seconds ago
Parker says Nathan's death was first degree murder. Saying he was alive when he was kidnapped, #Garland would have been able to make a plan

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
#Garland had the time to formulate a plan to kill Nathan, was forcibly confined at the time of his death.

 

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Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
If Nathan was still alive out of the bedroom, then it's 1st degree. The 5-year old boy couldn't stand up to Douglas #Garland.

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 1m1 minute ago
Nathan was 5 yrs old, 3 feet tall - he would have no way to stand up to Douglas #garland @CTVCalgary

 

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Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 47s47 seconds ago
"There was little external bleeding from Nathan," blood stain pattern analysis shows he was alive outside the bedroom. #Garland

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 47s47 seconds ago
"He had no way of standing up to Douglas #Garland," said Parker of Nathan O'Brien. Says it appeared he was alive before leaving home.

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 53s53 seconds ago
"There was no spatter showing force applied to Nathan...all points to there being little external bleeding from Nathan" #Garland #yyc

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 54s54 seconds ago
Parker: #Garland unlawfully confined Nathan-denied him the freedom to move on his own -therefore committing first degree murder

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 58s58 seconds ago
There was little DNA of Nathan at the Liknes home. There was no spatter showing force, no pooling - little external bleeding. #garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
If Nathan wasn't free to move on his own, it was unlawful confinement, thus first degree murder. #Garland

 

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Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 54s54 seconds ago
Again a warning, graphic and disturbing details in #Garland trial #yyc

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Crown says they believe Nathan was still alive when taken to the farm. #Garland #yyc

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker says there was little DNA of Nathan found inside the Liknes home. Only small droplets of blood on the bed #Garland

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 1m1 minute ago
Parker says Nathan was alive when taken out of his bed, #Garland decided to bring him to his farm, unlawful confinement #yyc

 

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Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 56s57 seconds ago
Parker says if Nathan was alive at the Liknes home and then killed at #Garland farm - it is first degree murder.

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 1m1 minute ago
Evidence shows Nathan was alive outside the bedroom meaning he was confined and it also means #Garland had time to consider killing.

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"consider the handprint on the stairs" says print shows motion, matches Nathan's height. #Garland #yyc

 

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Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 50s50 seconds ago
Hand print on the stair, shows motion, infers child reaching for wall. Hand print sizes similar there and on blanket with his DNA. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
"Consider the hand print on the stairs" Parker alleges this was Nathan's hand print found in Liknes home #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker says the small bloody hand print shows motion, Nathan was trying to steady himself, reaching for the wall. #Garland

 

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Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 43s44 seconds ago
Parker says a bloody, child's handprint in the Liknes suggests he was walking. "You cannot leave a witness. He had to be killed." #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 47s48 seconds ago
"The plan was to capture Alvin and Kathy, and Nathan was necessarily included" Parker tells jury #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker says once Nathan witnessed the attack on his grandparents, 'he had to be killed' #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"You cannot leave a witness. Once Nathan witnessed the attack on Kathy in the front room he had to be killed." #Garland #yyc

Ina SidhuVerified account ‏@CTVInaSidhu 1m1 minute ago
Once Nathan witnessed the attack on Kathy, he had to be killed. He could not have been left as a witness - says Parker #garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
"Nathan;s body was still with Alvin and Kathy at the south outbuilding," says Parker of aerial photos. #Garland #yyc