| Date | Name | City | Province | Licensed | Victims | Deaths | Injuries | Suicide | Firearms | OIC Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Garland | Calgary | AB | 3 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
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Long criminal record, meth lab
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On June 30, 2014, Nathan O'Brien, 5, and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes, went missing in Calgary, Alberta. An investigation led by Homicide Det. Lee Treit, dubbed Operation Amber, resulted in the arrest of Douglas Garland, a 57-year-old man with a history of criminality, including drug trafficking and possession of stolen property. Garland was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and was later convicted. He received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years.
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Homicide Det. Lee Treit led the investigation into the disappearance of Nathan O'Brien, 5, and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes, in June 2014. The investigation, dubbed Operation Amber, involved over 250 officers from the Calgary Police Service and received nearly 1,300 tips from the public. Treit and his team worked around the clock, with some officers sleeping on chairs for a couple of hours at a time, to follow up on leads and gather evidence. Douglas Garland, a 57-year-old man who lived on a farm near Airdrie, Alta., was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of the three family members.
Douglas Garland, a 57-year-old man from Airdrie, Alberta, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Nathan O'Brien, 5, and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes. Garland has a history of criminality, including drug trafficking and possession of stolen property. He was previously convicted of identity theft and possession of a prohibited weapon. Garland's mental health has been a factor in his crimes, with a psychologist determining that he had "little violence potential to others." The jury in his triple murder trial is currently deliberating his fate.
The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for Douglas Garland, who killed a five-year-old boy and his grandparents 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 in 2013. The majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal panel allowed the appeal, finding the trial judge's sentence "disproportionate and unfit." The higher court imposed a 50-year parole ineligibility, with the men to serve their sentences for Monica Klaus's killing consecutive to the parents.