The murders of three young children by their father in Merritt four years ago could have been prevented, says B.C.’s children’s watchdog. A report — by children and youth representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond — found that if the province’s social safety net had worked, the April 2008 deaths of Kaitlynne Schoenborn, 10, and her brothers Max, 8, … [Read more...]
Child and Youth Rep says Merritt killings preventable
March 2, 2012 by
The BC Liberals are reacting to a troubling report from Child and Youth Representitive Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond. Lafond says had the system been functioning properly, the murder of three children in Merritt, by their father, Allan Schoenborn, could have been prevented. Minister of Children and Family Development Mary McNeil says … [Read more...]
