Deceased/Not Found Canada - Alvin, 66, & Kathy Liknes, 53, Nathan O'Brien, 5, Calgary, 30 June 2014 - #8

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Global just had breaking News, Garland was formally charged and they had a video of him being led away

Global just corrected their breaking news. Garland has NOT been charged yet. He is being processed and will be charged shortly
 
  • #282
OMG! Garland doesn't look old or frail at all!!!!

He looks strong, healthy and completely capable of physically dragging bodies!!!!

The "artist's" court sketches seem to be very far off.
 
  • #283
Yes, the Canadian homicide stats online just take us to 2012, but the ongoing trend has been downwards, as has also been the case in the US, so let's presume that trend has continued and meanwhile, have a look at the 2012 info anyway and compare those stats with those of our neighbors. (Incidentally, I suggest that all murders are horrible, so I'm not sure there's a way to usefully qualify degrees of heinous.)

There were 543 homicides recorded in Canada in 2012, down 10 per cent from the previous year.
http://globalnews.ca/news/1040722/canadas-2012-homicide-rate-at-lowest-level-in-nearly-50-years-statscan/

USA reported its lowest rate in 4 decades, with 14,827 homicides reported.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/september/latest-crime-stats-released/latest-crime-stats-released

POPULATION OF CANADA (2013) 35,158,300

POPULATION USA (2013) 315,091,138

So the US population is approximately 9 times that of Canada, a multiplier that has remained more or less constant for decades.

Therefore, to match the US homicide rate on a per capita basis, 4,887 persons would need to fall victim to murder. However, as it turns out Canada actually has just 1/9th the per capita percentage of US homicides. Not 9 times, but 1/9th as many.

Murder is an aberration. The odds against your ever confronting a murderer or having anyone you know fall victim to homicide are overwhelmingly in your favour.

To further put fear and anxiety about the safety and security of oneself and one's loved ones into perspective, here's some more stats about more probable potential causes of your sudden death by forces outside your control.

• Be killed in a terrorist attack while travelling (1 in 650,000).
• Die — during an average lifetime — of flesh-eating disease (1 in one million).
• Be killed by lightning (1 in 56,439).

To put it another way, "Say you're standing on a football field. You're blindfolded and holding a pin. A friend has released an ant on the field. Your chance of piercing that ant with your pin is about one in 14 million, the same odds as winning a 6/49 jackpot. " Maybe add another ant or throw in a second throw if you want to more or less approach those homicide stats.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/lotteries-what-are-the-odds-1.775281

100% of murder victims have been victims of murder. That's the only stat that really matters to the individual. It's more cause and effect driven, than statistically driven. If the ant chooses not to dabble in that game, or play with a pin dropping maniac, then his chances of survival increase.
 
  • #284
Calgary Sun @calgarysun
Sun photog confirms, Douglas Garland, facing murder charges in deaths of Alvin and Kathryn Liknes, Nathan O'Brien, at processing now. #yyc

https://twitter.com/calgarysun
 
  • #285
I was just looking back through some of the articles that have been published about the case, and one thing that concerns me is that mental issues have been documented with the person of interest. That might lead to a free pass into a psychiatric institution.

"The records say “mental issues” may have contributed to property offences committed by Garland, who was also convicted of possessing break-in tools at the time of the drug lab conviction."

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...or-testing-from-person-of-interests-property/
 
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Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux
BREAKING: Douglas Garland has just arrived at the Arrest Processing Unit where he will be formally charged with murder. #cbc @CBCNews

https://twitter.com/Devin_Heroux
 
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Nancy Hixt @NancyHixt · 4m

Breaking: Douglas Garland being taken to see a justice of the peace #yyc

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It looks like the police were hoping to get this done without the media by doing it hours after the courts are closed, and it looks like the media has been squatting to get a photo. He had to be charged within 24 of being detained, so that has to happen before 1:30AM.

https://twitter.com/NancyHixt

It looks like the police were hoping to get this done without the media by doing it hours after the courts are closed, and it looks like the media has been squatting to get a photo. He had to be charged within 24 of being detained, so that has to happen before 1:30AM.
 
  • #288
OMG! Garland doesn't look old or frail at all!!!!

He looks strong, healthy and completely capable of physically dragging bodies!!!!


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Not sure how you can deduce, from only the side view of his head, that he looks strong/healthy and physically capable, IMO. Not defending him in the least but IMO that picture tells nothing.
 
  • #289
Not sure how you can tell all that just from only seeing the side view of someone's head?

I didn't just see this still photo, I watched the live newscast of him walking, which was front AND side view.


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  • #290
Global just had breaking News, Garland was formally charged and they had a video of him being led away

Where can we see the video?
 
  • #291
Another great job! (Btw where did you find the info about the floor plan? Was it just a guess of the general situation?)

I looked at the aerial photo, the front elevation, and explored four level split house design to get a sense of the general layout of that style of houses. It's a bit of an educated guess, with proportions being estimates.
 
  • #292
Damien Wood @SUNDamienWood
From Sun photog @mdrewpix, Douglas Garland, being taken in to see a Justice of the Peace at police processing. #yyc

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https://twitter.com/SUNDamienWood
 
  • #293
Where can we see the video?

Check the Global website.

They showed him walking from head on.... He looks muscular and fit, strong enough to have physically accomplished what we've been suspecting him of doing IMO.


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  • #294
Maybe he feared for his own safety and wanted to be re-arrested...Looking at those drag marks from ztzt's link i am so stunned why none of the neighbours heard anything. Maybe everyone had their ac or fans on and therefore muffled the noise from the commotion...

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I looked at the aerial photo, the front elevation, and explored four level split house design to get a sense of the general layout of that style of houses. It's a bit of an educated guess, with proportions being estimates.

Great talent! The next thing maybe you should design a prison cell for the killer.
 
  • #297
Is there a link for pics of the drag marks?


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  • #298
Devin Heroux ‏@Devin_Heroux
Moments ago - Douglas Garland taken into Arrest Processing Unit where he will be charged with murder. #cbc @CBCNews

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https://twitter.com/Devin_Heroux
 
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Only thing that stuck out to me from the Garland photos is that he is wearing a Paramount Resources shirt.
 
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