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Travis Scheerschmidt, Man Who Fatally Stabbed Alberta Caregiver As Teen Sentenced As Adult

The Canadian Press, 22 Jan, 2016 03:49 PM
    WETASKIWIN, Alta. — A judge has handed a life sentence to a man who was 17 when he killed a worker at his Alberta group home.
     
    Travis Scheerschmidt earlier pleaded guilty in youth court to second-degree murder.
     
    The judge ruled Scheerschmidt, now 21, should serve his sentence as an adult.
     
    He will be eligible for parole after serving seven years.
     
    Dianne McClements was found stabbed to death in the basement of the Camrose group home in May 2012.
     
    Court heard Scheerschmidt stole the 61-year-old woman's car and drove to Vermilion, Alta., where he confessed the killing to several people.
     
    The Crown presented evidence from a psychiatrist who said Scheerschmidt hasn't shown any remorse and blames his actions on a psychotic episode, even though there was no evidence of that. The expert believes the young man is a high risk to reoffend

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