Accused killer 'barely missed' psychopath diagnosis: parole docs

In the weeks before he allegedly murdered Tori Dunn in Surrey, B.C., on June 16, Adam Troy Mann stood at the intersection of a violent past and a present marked by repeated interactions with the criminal justice system.

The 40-year-old was homeless and living in a tent in the bush in Chilliwack after being released on bail pending the outcome of two robbery charges.

More than four years had passed since Mann completed a lengthy federal prison sentence defined by run-ins with guards, community residential workers and staff who, according to parole records, claimed he "barely missed the criteria for being diagnosed as a psychopath."

And in the past few months, Mann had racked up a series of new charges for theft, resisting arrest and breaching probation orders meant to protect the public from a man deemed a "high risk for future violence" by corrections officials.

Mann is scheduled to appear before a judge July 19 on a charge of second-degree murder in Dunn's death. The charge against him has not been tested in court.

The case has raised questions about B.C.'s bail and probation system and the degree to which potentially dangerous offenders are released from custody despite repeated breaches of terms meant to protect the public.

CBC News has obtained Mann's parole reports and audio of his provincial court appearances. The files provide new details about a man flagged by authorities as a high risk to reoffend, echoing concerns raised by politicians and Dunn's devastated family.

CBC News has also shared the reports with Dunn's cousin.

"It's alarming to us that this has happened, it was so avoidable," said Chasity Dunn, who has collected more than 3,500 names on a petition calling for an "internal review" of legal decisions made before the attack on her cousin. 

"What was the attempt to mitigate the risk to society? Because it doesn't look like there was one."  

The petition asks why amendments to Canada's Criminal Code introduced last January to address concerns about repeat violent offenders getting bail weren't "leveraged" against Mann.

"We beg you to remember Tori Dunn," the online petition reads. "Remember her life that was so needlessly and cruelly cut short, and remember the failings that led to her untimely demise."

According to a parole report from October 2015, Mann attended nine different schools growing up and was suspended for being aggressive and for intimidating other students.

The parole documents say Mann has a long history of offences as an adult in Ontario, including a 2003 incident in which he "stabbed a female" after she pushed him.