'She just couldn't seem to stay away from him,' slain woman's stepdad said of boyfriend who's now on trial
CBC
Adrienne McColl, a "gorgeous" 21-year-old with dreams of fashion school in Vancouver, "just couldn't stay away" from her much older boyfriend, according to her stepfather, who would not allow the man in his Calgary home.
Now, nearly two decades after McColl's violent death, that boyfriend, Stéphane Parent, is 53 and on trial for her murder.
McColl's death became a cold case until police announced Parent's arrest in Gatineau, Que., in February 2018.
On Tuesday, Day 2 of Parent's second-degree murder trial in Calgary, jurors heard from John McGee, McColl's stepfather, who died of heart issues in 2010.
The RCMP audio interview with McGee was recorded four days after his stepdaughter's death.
McColl and McGee were close even after his separation from her mother, who had moved to Kelowna, B.C.
The two lived together in the months leading to McColl's death, and McGee was described by friends as "just like a father" to her.
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