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untreated schizophrenia and involvement in the 1995 CBC incident

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untreated schizophrenia and involvement in the 1995 CBC incident

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In 2008, Allan Schoenborn killed his three children in Merritt, British Columbia.He was suffering from severe psychosis and delusions, believing he was saving his children from imagined harm.

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In 2008, Allan Schoenborn killed his three children in Merritt, British Columbia.He was suffering from severe psychosis and delusions, believing he was saving his children from imagined harm.

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She was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder (i.e. bipolar disorder) in 2006.

At trial, psychiatrists testified that she was psychotic at the time of the killing — that her mental condition prevented her from understanding that what she did was wrong (or having moral capacity) at that moment.

Experts also said she had been depressed, had gone off her medication, and was hearing voices.

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- In July 2010, the court found that she was “not criminally responsible” by reason of mental disorder (i.e. NCR) for John Fulton’s death.

-As a result, she was not sentenced to jail as a conventional convict. Rather, she was committed to a forensic psychiatric hospital (in Port Coquitlam) for treatment.

- A British Columbia Review Board ordered that she be held for at least one year in the psychiatric facility.

-At a review hearing, the Board could decide whether she remains in the facility, is transferred, or allowed any conditional release, based on her ongoing mental state and risk.

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Adenir DeOliveira was charged with attempted murder for allegedly shoving three teenage strangers in front of a subway train at Dufferin station in Toronto.

The victims were two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old. Two were pushed onto the tracks; one was able to pull his friend to safety under the edge of the platform. One of the teens suffered a serious foot injury.

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At the time of the incident, it was reported that DeOliveira was experiencing “auditory hallucinations” telling him to kill people.

A psychiatrist, Dr. Julian Gojer, assessed him and found he was having what was described as an acute psychotic episode.

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During the legal proceedings, experts determined that Després was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia

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After the incident, a judge ordered a 30-day psychiatric assessment at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

At a later hearing, although mental health issues were recognized, it was determined that these issues did not prevent him from appreciating the nature of his actions. This meant that criminal proceedings could go ahead.

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•	The victim was John Fulton, a 12-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, living in Grand Forks, British Columbia.

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•	The victim was John Fulton, a 12-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, living in Grand Forks, British Columbia.

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• The event occurred in August 2009: Fulton disappeared and was later found in Noyes’ home, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife.

• Noyes admitted that she stabbed Fulton in the throat, and at trial said (or testimony was given) that she believed the act was required as a “sacrifice” for the second coming of Christ.

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On April 23, 2005, Després murdered his two elderly neighbours in Minto, New Brunswick: Fred Fulton (74) and Verna Decarie (70).

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Kimberly Noyes was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder in 2006 and received psychiatric treatment, including mood stabilizers, antipsychotic medication, and community mental health follow-up. She had a history of at least one psychiatric hospitalization for her condition, but details such as dates and facilities were not made public.

In the months before the 2009 incident, she stopped taking her prescribed medication, leading to a rapid decline in her mental health. Witnesses later described increasingly erratic and paranoid behaviour, religious delusions, and reports that she was hearing voices. Despite visible warning signs, there was no formal intervention before the tragedy occurred.

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Després broke into the house by cutting the screen of one door and kicking in another.

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He entered the victims’ bedroom (Verna Decarie) and stabbed her.

Fulton, trying to escape, reached the porch but was caught. Després dragged him inside and decapitated him with a homemade sword. The severed head was later found in a pillowcase under the kitchen table.

After committing the murders, Després attempted to cross into the United States. His vehicle (which had the murder weapons) was found near the border, and he was later arrested in Massachusetts and extradited back to Canada.

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In court, there was debate over his fitness to stand trial and his criminal responsibility.

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On March 5, 2008, Justice William Grant found him guilty of the murders, but also not criminally responsible (NCR) because of his psychotic state at the time of the crimes.

Lethbridge News Now

Because of the NCR finding, Després was not imprisoned in a conventional prison but committed to a secure psychiatric institution.

He was placed in Shepody Healing Centre, a forensic psychiatric facility within Dorchester Penitentiary for offenders who are not criminally responsible due to mental illness.

The New Brunswick Mental Health Review Board oversees periodic reviews of his condition and whether he continues to pose risk.

Over the years, he has been denied certain transfers (for example, to an English-speaking psychiatric facility in Ontario).

As recently as 2021, the Review Board ordered that Després remain in a secure psychiatric facility, noting he had refused treatment and posed risk to staff.

In 2025, a court ordered that he remain at a federal institution.

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Paranoid Schizophernia

He believed the station was broadcasting messages in his head.

In 1995 , He went to TV station in Ottawa, recognized Brian Smith coming out the building (TV station)and shot at him, killing him.

He was not criminally responsible in Smith’s death due to his mental condition. He was remanded in mental health centre. In 2004, he was granted absolute discharge, that he no longer poise risk to the community.

In 2007, he punched a custom officer after he was denied access to the US due to past criminal convictions. He was subsequently jailed for 2yrs and released.

His doctor claimed he had good insight and should not stop medications . However he stopped taking his medications in 2014 and said he is no longer mentally ill.