Deceased/Not Found Canada - Alvin, 66, & Kathy Liknes, 53, Nathan O'Brien, 5, Calgary, 30 Jun 2014 - #28

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 41s41 seconds ago
For those who choose evil, they will receive an eternity of evil: Rod O'Brien #Garland #yyc

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 43s43 seconds ago
"A life sentence on earth is nothing compared to what waits for you," Rod O'Brien tells #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 59s59 seconds ago
Rod: God also lets free will reign. "For those who choose evil," they will have eternal evil. #Garland

[video=twitter;832657460414410754]https://twitter.com/MetroLucie/status/832657460414410754[/video]

 

[dyannaON]

Amen Rod!!!


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[JadeSLeuth]

Raffy BoudjikanianVerified account ‏@CBCRaffy 1m1 minute ago
"A life sentence on Earth is nothing compared to what waits for you," Rod O' Brien ends his victim impact statement w/ one line to #Garland

Reid FiestVerified account ‏@ReidFiest 1m1 minute ago
"A life sentence is nothing compared to what waits for you." Rod O'Brien says to Garland. #garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Allen Liknes, Alvin's brother, will now read his victim impact statement #Garland #yyc

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
Rod: those who choose evil, they will get an eternity of evil - A life sentence on earth is nothing compared to what waits for you" #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Rod directly to #Garland "A life sentence on earth is nothing compared to what waits for you"

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Crown will now read Jeff Liknes (son of Alvin and Kathy) statement #Garland #yyc

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
now Jeff Liknes-son of Alvin and Kathy -read by prosecutor Vicki Faulkner #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Crown now reading two statements, first from Jeff LIknes, son of Kathy and Alvin #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Allen begins by thanking the court, says he thanks God #Garland family turned him in. "I have nothing more to say"

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 2m2 minutes ago
Allen Liknes, Alvin's brother, is now speaking. "I just thank God that his family turned him in." That is all he has to say. #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Jeff: "Everything was taken from my family and me for no reason at all" #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"the home where i grew up is now replaced with blackness and grief" #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 2m2 minutes ago
Faulkner reading Jeff Liknes' statement now. "I feel the weight of the world that I will never get used to" each day he wakes. #Garland

Meghan GrantVerified account ‏@CBCMeg 53s54 seconds ago
Jeff: This is not a life meant for anyone in the world. No one can relate. I lost everything I know and care about overnight

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 53s54 seconds ago
Prosecutor reading statement from Jeff Liknes. "Everything was taken from my family and me for no reason at all." #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 53s54 seconds ago
Jeff said his childhood home, where he used to play is covered in blood #Garland #yyc

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
"my life has become a story that makes people proud i even wake up in the morning" #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Jeff: His happy childhood home is now blackness and grief. World only knows his family through the tragedy. #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Reid FiestVerified account ‏@ReidFiest 1m1 minute ago
Jeff Liknes - son- says family has changed because his parents were the glue of the family. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
"emotionally I will never return to what I once was," Jeff Liknes #Garland

 

[Hatfield]

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 50s51 seconds ago
Jennifer "I take comfort in the fact that he will be locked away for life"


See this is why I am for allowing strict sentencing like Life without parole.

If the victims get any sort of relief from a very strict sentence then who am I to argue with that.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 31s31 seconds ago
Jeff: "I've never seen anything so ugly and demonic" #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 37s37 seconds ago
"I don't feel hatred" says Jeff, because he has seen firsthand when it can do to someone, make them "so ugly" and "demonic." #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 42s42 seconds ago
"I've seen first hand what hate can do to someone. I have never witnessed something so ugly and demonic" #Garland #yyc

Meghan GrantVerified account ‏@CBCMeg 32s32 seconds ago
Jeff: My dad was as caring as anyone I ever met

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 34s34 seconds ago
"i will never forget her beauty...she was an angel that walked," Jeff said of his mother Kathy Liknes #Garland

Meghan GrantVerified account ‏@CBCMeg 45s45 seconds ago
Jeff: It makes me sad that one man locked up in his own mind can spread darkness. I miss my mom.

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 45s45 seconds ago
Jeff will never forget "healing touch" and "beauty" of his mother and kindness of his father #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 46s46 seconds ago
Jeff: Mom now an "angel" who can fly. "My parents were taken from me, when I needed them the most." #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 43s44 seconds ago
Crown Vicki Faulkner chokes up at times reading the statements. Next is Nancy Liknes who'll she read for. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 46s47 seconds ago
Crown now reading statement from Alvin's daughter, Nancy #Garland #yyc

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 53s54 seconds ago
Jeff Liknes: I am learning to cope with the grief, but I will never truly be free unless I look past the hate #Garland #yyc

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 57s58 seconds ago
Jeff Liknes "I love you mom, dad and Nathan," #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 52s52 seconds ago
Says her son asks "how can a boy who is only 5 years old die? What happened to Nathan?" Says she didn't want to terrify him #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Nancy: "How can a kid who's only five years old die?" her child asked her. #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 37s37 seconds ago
Statement from Nancy Liknes--Alvin's daughter--being read now-said her son asked "what happened to Nathan" #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 49s49 seconds ago
Nancy: "Nathan was a boy brought up surrounded by love," a child with "immeasurable faith and trust in the world." #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 57s57 seconds ago
"the kind of boy who would get in there and always do his best" Nancy says of Nathan #Garland #yyc

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 29s29 seconds ago
I can't even begin to describe the emotion in this court room...so many tears...so much pain. #Garland




Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 40s40 seconds ago
"she was a person of whom animals and children flocked" said Nancy of Kathy, saying they could feel her love #Garland #yyc

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 43s43 seconds ago
Next statement from Nancy Liknes, Alvin's daughter. She says Kathy was the person who animals and children flocked. #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 44s44 seconds ago
Nancy: "Kathy was a pure hearted and kind woman," started family tradition of saying "Love ya," after every call. #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 47s47 seconds ago
Next, Nancy LIknes, Alvin's daughter (read by the Crown) Kathy was a pure hearted and kind woman. #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Reid FiestVerified account ‏@ReidFiest 36s36 seconds ago
"I will not allow this to ruin our lives." Nancy Liknes writes. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 49s49 seconds ago
Nancy says she will always work to fill the gapping whole left in their family by the loss of her Alvin, Kathy, Nathan #Garland #yyc

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 32s32 seconds ago
Nancy Liknes: My dad walks with me always and I'm grateful to be his daughter and my son will know that too #Garland #yyc



Reid FiestVerified account ‏@ReidFiest 40s40 seconds ago
Douglas Garland has had little reaction to statements. He's looking ahead and to Justice. #garland




Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 41s41 seconds ago
"She was an angel that walked and now she's an anger that flies," says Jeff Liknes is his mom. #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 41s41 seconds ago
Nancy: they will work to have a happy life, teach her child about how her dad was a "thoughtful gentleman," that she is "grateful" #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 45s45 seconds ago
Nancy "My dad walks with me always" #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
Nancy Liknes described her dad Alvin as a man of Integrity, grace, and humility #Garland

 

[dyannaON]

Bless you Nancy. Be the glue kathy needs you to be.


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[JadeSLeuth]

Lots of unfortunate typos from MSM. I can forgive them.

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 1m1 minute ago
Prosecutor Shane Parker now to make his sentencing argument regarding Douglas #Garland.



Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 1m1 minute ago
Lots of tears flowing as victim impact statements completed. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Crown prosecutor Vicki Faulkner became emotional at the end of Nancy's statement. Nancy said she told her son "no it is not" #Garland

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Her son asked "Now that I'm five, is the same thing that happened to Nathan going to happen to me?" "No, I told him, no it is not" #Garland

 

[PrincessButtercup]

Bless you Nancy. Be the glue kathy needs you to be.


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KL was her step mom 😊

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[Melzack]

I will always think of this family in my prayers. I hope that they will eventually start to live their lives the way their loved ones would want them too.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 2m2 minutes ago
Victim impact statements are complete. Many, many tears from the family. #Garland #yyc

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
"life for some is precious. For the prisoner it was ending life with gratuitous violence" #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 2m2 minutes ago
Crown: "For Nathan, what a life it could have been." Parker says so many lives were "wrecked on the rocks of this crime." #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
Crown Shane Parker now: For Nathan, what a life it could have been. #Garland

Reid FiestVerified account ‏@ReidFiest 24s24 seconds ago
Parker submitting case law to argue for 75 years before any chance of being parole. Garland is 57-year-old. #Garland

Reid FiestVerified account ‏@ReidFiest 1m1 minute ago
Crown starts. Shane Parker says Garland was "ending life with gratuitous violence." #Garland

Meghan GrantVerified account ‏@CBCMeg 1m1 minute ago
Parker: Life for some is precious. To the prisoner, ending life with gratuitous violence was the end goal

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 1m1 minute ago
As he's done throughout the trial, no emotion from #Garland as statements were read #yyc

Bryan LabbyVerified account ‏@CBCBryan 1m1 minute ago
Parker quoting previous cases, including N.B. Mountie killer, Justin Bourque who received a 75 year sentence. #Garland

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 1m1 minute ago
Crown prosecutor Shane Parker now going over submission for parole ineligibilities #Garland #yyc

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 1m1 minute ago
Shane Parker provides Justice Gates with only other case where a Canadian received parole ineligibility of 75 years. #Garland