David Cheff was only able to survive by jumping from a second-floor window to escape the April, 2021 arson fire that claimed the lives of three people
Trial began in earnest March 19 for a man facing three counts of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal fire that claimed the life of three people and seriously injured another.
Dropped are the charges of party to the offence of attempted murder, and party to an offence of arson - disregard for human life. In her opening address, Crown Attorney Kaely Whillans told the jury that Stinson ordered the fire set, angry that those living in the house, located at 744 Bruce Avenue, Unit 125, were selling drugs. He was also angry that his former romantic partner, Jamie-Lynn Rose, was staying at the home. As stated earlier, Rose would go on to die in the fire that was set.
Cheff said he had known Rose for approximately 25 years, and she had been staying off and on in his home. He described their relationship as family-like, and that they had an agreement to house each other when needed. Rose had been spending some nights with Stinson, who lived across the street in another housing complex.
Somers and Cheff had recently got to know each other and had begun spending more time together romantically after meeting a week or two before the fire. Her first overnight stay at Cheff’s was the night she died. Cheff, in the master bedroom, said he awoke with a panicked feeling, which he described as an anxiety attack, and woke Somers, who was sleeping in the bed beside him. He said his first thought was a cooking fire, but then he heard someone running up the stairs from the living room and Rose threw open his door. Cheff testified his window was open slightly, and the room instantly filled with smoke. Rose told him the house was on fire.
Cheff testified he then went to the kitchen door, where his friend Henri, also known as Popcorn, was trying to open the door.
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