Merritt/Vancouver/Port Coquitlam – MARCH 11 UPDATE – After almost 8 days in deliberations, the decision on the annual review for Allan Schoenborn has been handed down.
Schoenborn has been held at the Colony Farm facility since 2010, when he was found not criminally responsible for the 2008 killings of his 10-year-old daughter and two sons aged eight and five in Merritt.
He has tried for some form of travel and freedom a number of times since his conviction, including shorter unescorted leaves into the community in March 2020. That freedom was at the discretion of the Colony Farm director.
His ex-wife Darcie Clarke, who was tormented by the deaths and then the continuing court cases, died in May 2019.
There was no review hearing in 2021.
The information was given to media from family spokesperson Dave Teixeira :
MARCH 3 ORIGINAL STORY – Allan Schoenborn’s annual review hearing cancelled for 2021 and all conditions remain in place until March 2022.
Family spokesperson Dave Teixeira took to social media to remind media and the public that the next hearing was Thursday March 3. A decision may come “in days”.
In March 2020, the three time Merritt child killer Allan Schoenborn was granted unescorted leave into the community at the Director’s discretion. There was no condition for the Hospital (Colony Farms in Coquitlam) to notify RCMP, family or community in advance of these outings.
He remains detained.
Schoenborn is banned from possessing guns or weapons, from using drugs or alcohol other than as directed by a doctor, and from having any contact with the victims’ family.
Schoenborn has been held at the Colony Farm facility since 2010, when he was found not criminally responsible for the 2008 killings of his 10-year-old daughter and two sons aged eight and five in Merritt.
The court ruled he was experiencing psychosis at the time and thought he was saving his children from sexual and physical abuse, though no evidence suggested this was the case.
He has tried for some form of travel and freedom a number of times since his conviction.
His ex-wife Darcie Clarke, who was tormented by the deaths and then the continuing court cases, died in May 2019.
At that time. the family spokesperson, Dave Teixeria, says family on both sides do not believe Shoenborn is anywhere near ready for any form of release and freedom.
