The parents of Gabriel Magalhaes, a 16-year-old stabbed to death at a Toronto TTC station in March 2023, delivered powerful victim impact statements during the sentencing hearing of their son's killer. Their statements painted a grim picture of the past two years, revealing the profound and lasting impact of their son's death.
At a sentencing hearing on Thursday for their son’s killer, statements provided by the parents of Gabriel Magalhaes painted a brutal picture of their lives in the nearly two years since he died.Gabriel Magalhaes, 16, was killed in an unprovoked stabbing at a TTC station in March 2023.
She wrote that she now struggles to sleep, to get through her days and to take care of her living son since the death of Magalhaes, who she described as "the most loving teenager I have ever met in my life."Mother of Toronto subway stabbing victim speaks following 16-year-old's death Magalhaes' father, Antonio Fernando De Magalhaes, wrote in his statement that on the day of his son's death, life changed from a "perfect dream to a nightmare."Other victim impact statements shared on Thursday included Magalhaes' aunt and two TTC workers who were with the teenager after he had been stabbed on the Keele platform.The statements were shared as part of a sentencing hearing for O'Brien-Tobin following his guilty plea last year.
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