| Date | Name | City | Province | Licensed | Victims | Deaths | Injuries | Suicide | Firearms | OIC Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Klaus, Frank | Castor | AB | 3 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
Firearm
Drugs, kiting checks, inheritance murder
Classification:
Corroborated
Incident Summary:
On 2013-01-01, Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank committed a triple homicide in Castor, Alberta, killing Klaus's parents and sister. They were convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and initially received a sentence with a 25-year parole ineligibility. However, the Alberta Court of Appeal doubled the parole ineligibility to 50 years.
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Unverified or Conflicting Claims:
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Source Quality Notes:
Both sources are from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a reputable news organization. The sources are news articles, which provide credible information on the incident and the court's decision. The credibility count is 2, indicating that there are two independent credible sources that align on the core facts of the incident.
The Alberta Court of Appeal doubled the parole ineligibility for Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank to 50 years. They were convicted of three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Klaus's father, mother, and sister in 2013. The court determined that the crimes were not adequately represented in terms of proportionality and were not adequately denounced by the original sentence.
The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for Douglas Garland, who killed five-year-old Nathan O'Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes, in Calgary in 2014. The court also ruled on a second case involving Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank, who killed Klaus's parents and sister, imposing a 50-year parole ineligibility.