Matthew de Grood back in Calgary a decade after killing Brentwood Five: report
Posted April 10, 2024 9:56 am.
The man convicted of killing five young people at a Calgary house party nearly 10 years ago while experiencing a psychotic episode is back living in Calgary, according to a Global News report.
Matthew de Grood is now reportedly living in an undisclosed group home in the city.
Zackariah Rathwell, 21; Jordan Segura, 22; Kaitlin Perras, 23; Josh Hunter, 23; and Lawrence Hong, 27, were stabbed to death by de Grood, then 22, on April 15, 2014, at a party to mark the end of the school year at a house in Brentwood.
De Grood was found not criminally responsible for the killings in 2016 after it was determined he was suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia.
He has since been under psychiatric care, first in Calgary, then in Edmonton.
De Grood’s lawyer filed an appeal with the Alberta Review Board in 2022, asking for more freedoms so de Grood could better integrate into society.
The request for conditional discharge was denied, on the grounds the man still posed a significant safety risk.
Last year, his attorney argued in Alberta’s Court of Appeal that the board’s finding was biased, once again asking for a discharge, which was denied.
In September, an appeal was sent to Canada’s highest court. Judges denied the appeal on March 14, 2024.
De Grood was most recently living in a group home in Edmonton.
