A man who testified that he thought he was in a video game as he stabbed a seven-year-old girl to death was convicted Friday of second-degree murder.
David Moss, 37, sought a ruling that he was not criminally responsible for the 2020 killing of Bella Rose Desrosiers in Edmonton, telling his judge-alone trial that the voice of a demon told him to harm the girl.
Moss automatically receives a life sentence with the murder conviction. A sentencing hearing is to be held at a later date to determine his parole eligibility. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, Moss was forced to close his tattoo shop. He said that his belief in conspiracies and spiritual awakening intensified. He began posting on social media about COVID-19 vaccines containing microchips.
Apryl Pfunder testified that the day before the killing, her brother said he was seeing spirits, demons and a little girl waving at him, and that he hadn't eaten or slept in days because he wanted to stay in the spiritual world. He promised Pfunder that he would eat and sleep that night. Desrosiers was about to kiss her daughter good night in the room the girl shared with her sister when Moss appeared in the doorway, holding a pair of scissors.
The defence played a video at the trial of Moss after his arrest, hitting his head against the bed of his cell and pulling out his front teeth. Another video showed Moss attacking a health-care worker, choking her, as a guard repeatedly punched him before he let go.Mandziuk's written decision for the verdict indicated that Moss started using cannabis when he was about 10 years-old and his consumption varied over the years.
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