Review board moves Calgary mass killer to Edmonton, grants him day passes
CALGARY — A man found not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of five young people in Calgary is being moved to continue his treatment and start his reintegration into the community.
Matthew de Grood’s lawyer, Allan Fay, said Wednesday the Alberta Review Board has decided to move his client to Alberta Hospital Edmonton where he could be granted supervised day passes. The review board says de Grood could eventually be placed in a halfway house with 24-hour supervision, Fay added.
De Grood, who is now 27, is considered a model patient, Fay said.
“He has embraced every form of therapy and treatment that’s been offered to him. He has excelled in all areas,” Fay said. “He has shown no signs of relapsing.”