Co-accused in murder of couple and their daughter says he had ‘no choice’
RED DEER, Alta. — The co-accused in the deaths of a central Alberta couple and their adult daughter says he was blackmailed and threatened into killing the family by the couple’s son.
Gordon and Sandra Klaus, along with Monica Klaus, were shot and their farmhouse near Castor, Alta., burned down in December 2013.
Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank each face three counts of first-degree murder.
Court in Red Deer, Alta., heard a recording on Tuesday of a police interview with Frank in August 2014 in which he gave interrogators multiple versions of how the three Klauses died.