Runaway Devil goes to school

September 14, 2011
Six years after murdering her family, Canada's youngest multiple killer enrolled as a freshman at a Calgary university, in the fall of 2011.

With six months remaining in custody at a Calgary halfway house, she was allowed out to attend classes, sparking outrage from readers on the website of the Calgary Herald. Read the full story here from Sherri Zickefoose.  
 

Runaway Devil, now 17, asks for more freedom

January 25, 2011
By Sherri Zickefoose
    Canada’s youngest multiple killer was praised for her progress by a judge during a review Tuesday of her intensive rehabilitation.
    The girl, whose identity is protected by law, is now 17 and serving an open custody sentence in a Calgary group home.
    Sometime later this summer or fall, she will appear for her final Phase 3 sentence review. She is requesting more freedom to attend outside programming.
    “This report can only be described as one with glo...
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Runaway Devil to be transferred out of psychiatric hospital

July 1, 2010
 
By Sherri Zickefoose

MEDICINE HAT - Canada’s youngest multiple killer is being moved to Calgary by the end of summer because she is making “significant progress” in pricy young offender rehab and earning straight As in school.

The girl was 12 when she and her former 23-year-old boyfriend Jeremy Steinke conspired to slaughter her parents and eight-year-old brother in their Medicine Hat home April 23, 2006.

The girl, who is now 16, cannot be identified.

During a hearing to review her progres...


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