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Duct tape and blood: Constable describes death scene at B.C. double murder trial
Prosecution claims debt and greed motivated the murders, presenting evidence including fingerprints and financial records linking suspects to the victims.
- At the B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford, the trial began for Gurkaran Singh, Abhijeet Singh, and Khushveer Singh Toor, who pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder; the 40-day trial will call at least 24 witnesses, Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui said.
- Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui says the suspects were linked to the victims through Abhijeet Singh's cleaning company, and Gurkaran Singh and Khushveer Singh Toor deposited cheques for more than $5,000 shortly after the murders.
- Abbotsford police constable Andre Nadeau testified the couples’ hands and feet were bound with rope and Arnold’s face tightly taped with blood at the scene; a pathologist will link Joanne’s death to trauma and Arnold’s to asphyxiation.
- After the killings, the suspects fled to Brampton, then returned and rented a Surrey basement suite before their Dec. 16, 2022 arrest, with all pleading not guilty.
- Financial and electronic traces form a core thread of the prosecution's case, as suspicious purchases linked to Rogers Communications accounts began around 4:30 a.m. on May 9, and cheques with memo 'clean up of house' were found, Tsui said.
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Duct tape and blood: Constable describes death scene at B.C. double murder trial
ABBOTSFORD — A murder trial has heard that Arnold and Joanne De Jong hosted a “joyful” family celebration at their Abbotsford, B.C., home, on May 8, 2022, with a family member later telling police they were “alive and well” when she left at 10 p.m. But Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui said that the next day, […]
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