A man serving a life sentence for the brutal stabbing death of his neighbour can remain on day parole for another six months, a Parole Board of Canada panel has decided.
In issuing the extension for Christopher Maurice Alexander, the panel said he must still return to his community residential facility each night.
In 2002, Alexander was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for parole for seven years for the December 1998 death of Linda LeFranc.
The two were neighbours in a townhouse complex in Terrace where, according to a parole board panel decision, after a night of drinking a then-17-year-old Alexander put on a balaclava, armed himself with a knife and broke into LeFranc's home.
"The victim woke up and attempted to flee but you caught and stabbed her approximately 83 times. The victim's young daughter found her mother's dead body the next day and ran for help," the panel noted in its decision, dated February 24.
In August 2021, Alexander was released on day parole to a work camp in north-central B.C. Specifics were not provided in the related decision. But LeFranc's sister, Anita Johnstone-LeFranc told the Citizen he was to reside at 'Aghelh Nebun, a community residential facility 85 kilometres east of Prince George and said residents should be "very fearful" as a result.
Alexander also had a sketchy history while out on previous day paroles. At one point, he was brought back in after being accused of sexually assaulting a now ex-girlfriend although the charge was later stayed.
But it appeared Alexander completed the most recent period of probation successfully, the panel found, as he has remained breach free and has been making progress in the community.
