'Something in him that is scary': Man accused of murdering Manitoba woman has sex assault history in B.C.
CBC
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details.
Eight years after the killing of a Manitoba woman in 2007, the Vancouver man now accused in her death pleaded guilty to choking two B.C. women in a pair of attacks that left both victims fearing for their lives.
According to court documents obtained by CBC, Kevin Charles Queau was sentenced in August 2015 to five years in prison in after admitting to the aggravated sexual assault of one woman and the aggravated assault of another.
One of his victims said she was sexually assaulted for up to five hours, beaten to a point where "her nose was bleeding, her lips were black and there was blood and discoloration on her teeth."
The other — who met Queau on Tinder — said he choked her to the point of unconsciousness after she reacted to his slapping her during sex by slapping him back.
She said Queau had "a crazy look in his eyes." The sound of the slap woke her 12-year-old daughter, who went to the door of the bedroom to witness her mother gasping for air.
"She overheard Mr. Queau say: 'That's something in me that I'm frankly scared of, that came out," prosecutor Jason Krupa told the Vancouver provincial court judge who sent Queau to jail.
"I think Mr. Queau is accurate. There is something in him that is scary and it's a pattern. And he's aware of it."
Queau was arrested in Vancouver this week and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Crystal Saunders, a woman last seen by a Winnipeg police officer getting into a vehicle on a street corner on April 18, 2007.
An off-duty RCMP officer found the 24-year-old's remains the next morning in a ditch near St. Ambroise, a community south of Lake Manitoba.
In announcing the historical arrest, RCMP credited a DNA match for linking Queau to Saunders, who they said identified as Métis. Manitoba RCMP are also looking for any connections between Queau and other unsolved crimes.
In an audio recording of the 2015 sentencing hearing obtained by CBC, Krupa told Judge Gregory Rideout DNA also played a crucial role in tying the accused to the two B.C. attacks, which occurred more than a year apart.
Queau texted the first woman in February 2013 to say they had previously "hooked up" at a Gastown bar and that he "wanted to take her out and have intercourse again," Krupa said.
The pair met for drinks shortly after, ultimately returning to the same bar where they had first met. They parted ways at the end of the night, but Krupa said Queau followed the woman onto the SkyTrain and then to her home.
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