'Just horrible': Manitoba man sentenced to life in prison for murdering partner, children
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The Manitoba man who brutally murdered his partner and two young children stood in court, voice wavering, and apologized for his actions that ended the lives of three people he said he loved very much.
The Manitoba man who brutally murdered his partner and two young children stood in court, voice wavering, and apologized for his actions that ended the lives of three people he said he loved very much.
Trevis McLeod, 52, was sentenced Thursday in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench to life in prison with no chance of parole for 16 years. He previously pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder in the killings.
“In the end, all I’m left with is to say—it’s horrible, just horrible,” said Justice Chris Martin, saying this is one of the worst cases he’s dealt with in his career.
Court heard in the early hours of April 10, 2022, McLeod viciously bludgeoned his two children—six-year-old Isabella and three-year-old Mason—as they slept in their beds.
He then turned on his common-law partner—32-year-old Shantelle Murphy—before setting their Portage la Prairie house on fire.
Police arrested McLeod hours later, finding him holding a knife, covered in his family’s blood along with his own.
He was suffering from injuries and a stab wound, which the defence told the court had been self-inflicted as McLeod believed he could not feel pain. While alcohol was in his system, court was told there were no traces of meth or other drugs.
