Graphic warning: Wife, sister of man accused of killing girl in Edmonton testify
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Two women told a murder trial that aliens, 5G technology, the government, and a spiritual awakening occupied a man's mind before he was charged in the fatal stabbing of a seven-year-old girl.
Two women told a murder trial that aliens, 5G technology, the government, and a spiritual awakening occupied a man's mind before he was charged in the fatal stabbing of a seven-year-old girl.
David Moss, 36, is seeking a ruling that he is not criminally responsible of second-degree murder in the May 18, 2020, death of Bella Rose Desrosiers in her southeast Edmonton bedroom.
His wife, Tracy Couture-Strarosta, and his sister, Apryl Pfunder, testified Wednesday about how Moss's mental health took an extreme turn before Desrosiers' throat was slashed with scissors.
"He told me that he was having thoughts of self-harm, and harming Tracy and the kids," Pfunder told the judge-alone trial.
Bella's mother, Melissa Desrosiers, was a new friend of Moss's at the time. She tried to defend her daughter, but Moss pushed her away, according to the agreed statement of facts in the case. Moss was staying at the Desrosiers' home at the time.
Pfunder testified that she grew up with Moss in High Level and Holden, Alta. She said there was some abuse in the family and that they practiced spirituality using crystals.
Pfunder said Moss suffered from a severe brain injury after he was hit with a rock when he was a teen.
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