Shantelle Murphy, 32, Isabella Murphy, 6; and three-year-old Mason Murphy were found dead in the family’s duplex in Portage la Prairie, west of Winnipeg, in April, 2022
Trevis McLeod, 52, admitted in September to the killings of his partner and two children after a forensic assessment found he hadn't suffered from a mental disorder.A sentencing hearing for a Manitoba man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killings of his common-law partner and their two young children is set to begin Thursday.
Fire crews were initially called to the home after neighbours reported the unit was ablaze. Firefighters would later find the three victims dead in two upstairs bedrooms. At the time of the slayings, McLeod was experiencing delusions that Shantelle Murphy and other “bad actors” were sexually abusing Isabella and Mason, court heard.
McLeod told a psychiatrist shortly after his arrest that he believed a scheme existed to sexually traffic Isabella and Mason, Crown prosecutor Dayna Queau-Guzzi told court. Before leaving the home, McLeod woke his adult son from a previous relationship, who was sleeping in a bedroom on the main floor, and lit some of Isabella’s drawings from school on fire in the living room.
Court heard McLeod eventually made his way to a stranger’s home, telling the owner that he needed help after he had been pushed into a ditch. The owner called her firefighter husband, who was working on the blaze at McLeod’s home.Police found blood on McLeod’s shirt, sweater, jacket and pants. He was also carrying a knife.
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