Man accused of killing 3-year-old Winnipeg boy was angry about plan to move, mother testifies
CBC
Hours before three-year-old Hunter Straight-Smith was fatally stabbed, Daniel Jensen — who is accused of killing the toddler — was told the boy and his mother were planning to move away, the woman told a jury Tuesday.
Jensen is on trial at Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, charged with first-degree murder in Hunter's 2019 stabbing death. The 34-year-old has pleaded not guilty.
Clarice Smith, Hunter's mother, told the court Tuesday that before the fatal Oct. 30 stabbing, Jensen was living with them.
She said that night, she visited a few bars and lounges in Winnipeg with a couple of friends and Jensen, with whom she was in an on-again, off-again relationship.
While in a vehicle at one point, she Jensen got into an argument, Smith told the jury.
She said she couldn't recall the reason for the dispute, but it escalated.
"He said, 'I'll get your son taken away from you,'" Smith testified.