Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
National

Second Degree Murder Charges Laid Against Two Men In Vanderhoof Double Slaying

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Oct, 2015 11:49 AM
    VANDERHOOF, B.C. — Second degree murder charges have been laid against two people in Vanderhoof, B.C.
     
    RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman says the charges are related to a nearly three-year-old slaying in that central interior community, about 100 kilometres west of Prince George.
     
    Twenty-nine-year-old Blaine Albert Barfoot and 40-year-old Tara Lee Ann Williams were found dead in a Vanderhoof-area mobile home on January 13, 2013.   
     
    Investigators have not said how they died, but at the time, police reported the victims were living a high risk lifestyle and were known to police.
     
    Tyreman says charges were laid over the weekend against 21-year-old Vanderhoof resident Shaun Keith Goodwin;
     
    A 20-year-old man who was 17 at the time of the offence has also been charged but because of his age, he cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Depression, No Support Cited At Inquest Into Deaths Of Mother And Autistic Son

    Depression, No Support Cited At Inquest Into Deaths Of Mother And Autistic Son
    The hearing began Monday examining the April 3, 2014 death of severely autistic 16-year-old Robert Robinson and the suicide of his 39-year-old mother, Angie Robinson.

    Depression, No Support Cited At Inquest Into Deaths Of Mother And Autistic Son

    Dream Of Playing In Football Game Comes True For Boy With Cerebral Palsy

    Dream Of Playing In Football Game Comes True For Boy With Cerebral Palsy
    Mark Sulymka is the coach of the Griffins Atom team, and he heard all about Logan Tonge from his regular players who have gone to school with him since kindergarten.

    Dream Of Playing In Football Game Comes True For Boy With Cerebral Palsy

    CBC wins International news Emmy award for Ebola coverage in Liberia

    CBC wins International news Emmy award for Ebola coverage in Liberia
    More than 11,280 people have been reported to have died worldwide from Ebola, according to data released by the World Health Organization earlier this month.

    CBC wins International news Emmy award for Ebola coverage in Liberia

    Medical Marijuana Seems To Help Chronic Pain Patients, Appears To Be Safe: Study

    Medical Marijuana Seems To Help Chronic Pain Patients, Appears To Be Safe: Study
    Dr. Mark Ware, the Montreal pain specialist who led the national study, says medical cannabis appears to have a reasonable safety profile when taken by patients who are experienced users.

    Medical Marijuana Seems To Help Chronic Pain Patients, Appears To Be Safe: Study

    Homeless Woman Trapped In Clothing Donation Bin Dies After Being Rescued In Pitt Meadows

    Homeless Woman Trapped In Clothing Donation Bin Dies After Being Rescued In Pitt Meadows
    A twitter post from the detachment confirms a 45-year-old homeless woman has died after being pulled from a clothing donation bin at a mall in Pitt Meadows, east of Vancouver.

    Homeless Woman Trapped In Clothing Donation Bin Dies After Being Rescued In Pitt Meadows

    Jury Hears 16-Year-Old Girl Was Pregnant When Killed In Kamloops, B.C.

    A 16-year-old girl was murdered hours after she and her boyfriend learned she was pregnant, says a Crown lawyer.

    Jury Hears 16-Year-Old Girl Was Pregnant When Killed In Kamloops, B.C.