Canada - Six adults, 2 kids dead in Edmonton killing spree, 29 Dec 2014

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[matou]

Police say seven of Phu Lam’s victims; two men, three women and two young children found in their Lakeview home after midnight TUESDAY may have been dead for some time before their bodies were discovered.

http://www.630ched.com/2015/01/01/details-from-massacre-victims-autopsies-yet-to-be-released/

 

[matou]

The devoted churchgoer appears to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, friends say, since they’d never heard of the man tied to her death.

“We don’t have any clue. There is now the question of why,” said Thanh Le, longtime pastor of the Vietnamese Alliance Church, which Ms. Duong attended since childhood. “In our mind, it’s tough to swallow the fact she was killed.”

The wrong place at the wrong time? She was in her own house. She happens to be Vietnamese. So is the suspect and at least two of the other victims (his wife and son who have been identified in MSM). So why did he drive across town to this woman's house, enter and shot her dead, and then wander around all suicidal? It can't be so random. He had already shot 7 and killed 7 people before he shot Cyndi. Did he seek out any Vietnamese person to kill? Then he goes to the restaurant to kill himself. Why there? Was he waiting for other people to show up at the restaurant to kill them too? I hope more info comes out soon.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/0...-of-killing-her-and-seven-others-friends-say/

 

[matou]

Briar Stewart ‏@briarstewart 4m4 minutes ago
Bankruptcy documents reveal Phu lam had attended a gambling recovery program until May 2014

 

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Brent Wittmeier ‏@Wittmeier 2m2 minutes ago
Phu Lam had over a dozen credit cards, bankruptcy documents show, adding up to over $100k in debt. That and a full mortgage.

 

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Janice Johnston ‏@cbcjanjohnston 1h1 hour ago
We have learned 9 domestic violence charges laid in 2012 against Phu Lam in Nov 2012 were stayed one month later.

 

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Alexandra Zabjek ‏@a_zabjek 17m17 minutes ago
Court docs show Phu Lam threated in 2012 to kill his wife and her whole family. His wife testified at an app for protection

 

[matou]

Alexandra Zabjek ‏@a_zabjek 15m15 minutes ago
The docs show Phu Lam met his wife in Vietnam in 2000, they married 6 months later. He sponsored her family to Canada in 2009

 

[matou]

Two years ago he threatened to kill her and her family and now she is dead. Was her family his victims too? Her son is dead, likely her daughter too (not confirmed yet). Sick.

 

[matou]

Terry Reith ‏@TerryReithCBC 6m6 minutes ago
Emergency Protection Order issued Nov/12 states that Phu Lam attempted to obtain a gun to shoot Tien Truong and her family members

 

[matou]

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news...tml?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

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Marion Warnica ‏@warnicam 2m2 minutes ago
Restraining order on gunman Phu Lam rescinded Jan. 18 2013, when he & spouse missed a hearing - less than a year before the murders.

 

[matou]

Phu Lam had more than a dozen credit cards on the go, accruing over $100,000 in debt.

In February 2013, Lam filed for bankruptcy. He attended a gambling recovery program, which he completed last May. Lam’s assets included a 1989 Toyota Camry and a single dollar.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/edm...tml?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

[matou]

Lam worked as a machine operator with Alta Steel, a scrap-based mini-mill operation in Edmonton. He lived at the north end home, 18024 83 Street, with his wife Thuy-Tien Truong and a child, documents show.

Lam met his wife in Vietnam in 2000, they married six months later. He sponsored her family to come to Canada in 2009.

Documents show their relationship went downhill soon after Tien came to Canada.

In 2012, Lam was charged with sexual assault, assault and seven counts of threatening to cause death, but those charges were stayed more than a month later.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/edm...tml?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

[matou]

Lam spent 90 days in jail in 2001 for possession of a prohibited weapon and production of a controlled substance. He was on probation for two years.

He was also convicted of communicating with a prostitute twice in 2001 and was fined a total of $750.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/edm...tml?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

[matou]

The documents say that in 2006, Lam learned through genetic tests that he was not the biological father of his son.

His wife said that Lam physically abused and choked her several times.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...m-threatened-to-kill-family-in-2012-1.2888437

 

[matou]

Detailed bankruptcy statements reveal Lam had a gambling problem and racked up more than $112,000 in unsecured charges across more 15 credit cards. He was ordered to attend a gambling addiction remediation program.


On Dec. 16, 2014, just over a week before the bodies were discovered, the court ordered that Lam repay $17,655.43 in connection with his bankruptcy claim.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...murder_had_violent_record.html?app=noRedirect

 

[matou]

The handgun used in the crimes was reported stolen from Surrey, B.C. in 2006.
Earlier this week, police identified Cyndi Duong, a 37-year-old mother of three, as the lone victim in one of the three crime scenes created by Lam’s spree.
Police were first alerted to the killings when they received a weapons complaint at Duong’s south Edmonton residence on Haswell Court. She was found dead from a single 9mm gunshot wound. It’s unclear what, if any, connection exists between Duong and Lam.

I wonder if he stole that gun in 2006 after finding out that his son wasn't biologically his. JMO

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...murder_had_violent_record.html?app=noRedirect

 

[matou]

She was granted an emergency protection order following a hearing on Nov. 6, 2012.


In her video testimony, she said Lam planned to kill her whole family two weeks earlier. He was going to look for a gun, but no one would sell one to him, she said.


In her testimony, she said she wanted to move back with her parents and that her sister called police over fears for her life.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...m-threatened-to-kill-family-in-2012-1.2888437

 

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Brent Wittmeier ‏@Wittmeier 11m11 minutes ago
@waujla @omar_aok Cindy Duong worked at Top-Co in the past. Thien Truong, Phu Lam's wife, worked there in late Nov., court documents show.