| Date | Name | City | Province | Licensed | Victims | Deaths | Injuries | Suicide | Firearms | OIC Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Shearing / Ennis | Wells Gray Park | BC | No | 6 | 6 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
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Criminal, substance abuse Changed his name to David Ennis
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On YEAR-1982, David Ennis (also known as David Shearing) killed six members of the Johnson-Bentley family while they were camping near Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia. He was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years in 1984.
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The Wells Gray Provincial Park murders occurred in August 1982 in British Columbia, Canada.
A family of six, the Johnsons and the Bentleys, went missing while camping in the Clearwater Valley near Wells Gray Provincial Park.
Their burned-out car was found on September 13, 1982, with the bodies of the four missing adults inside, and the remains of the two girls in the trunk.
The investigation was extensive, with over 13,000 tips and a $7,500 reward for information.
David Shearing, a 24-year-old local resident, was arrested on November 19, 1983, and charged with the second-degree murders of the six family members.
He pleaded guilty on April 16, 1984, and was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 25 years.
Shearing's crimes involved stalking and shooting the adults, then kidnapping and killing the girls over a period of several days.
He has since been denied parole multiple times due to his violent sexual fantasies and lack of completion of sex offender treatment.
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David Ennis, also known as David Shearing, was convicted of killing six members of the Johnson-Bentley family in 1982 while they were camping near Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia. He was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years in 1984. Ennis has since applied for parole multiple times, but all of his applications have been rejected. He is currently incarcerated at the Bowden Institution medium-security prison in Alberta and is eligible to reapply for parole every five years.
David Ennis, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years for the 1982 killings of George and Edith Bentley, their daughter Jackie Johnson, and her husband Bob Johnson. Ennis tortured and sexually assaulted the Johnsons' daughters, ages 11 and 13, before killing them and burning their bodies. Ennis can now apply for parole every five years. His next parole hearing is scheduled for August.