Six victim impact statements from friends and relatives of Sara Baillie and Taliyah Marsman were read in court this morning as convicted double murderer Edward Downey sat placidly
Lit candles and photographs are seen on display at a vigil for Calgary homicide victims Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter, Taliyah Marsman, in Calgary on July 17, 2016.Friends and relatives have told a Calgary sentencing hearing that they’re haunted by images of a slain mother and daughter’s final moments.
Baillie’s uncle Scott Hamilton said he has had trouble sleeping and wonders if he could have done anything differently to change what happened. “I’m doing this not only because I’m strong enough but because Sara would have wanted me to. She would have wanted you to know that you didn’t break us,” the friend wrote.Downey repeatedly denied the killings in his testimony. His lawyers argued someone else was responsible.
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