Calgary triple-murder trial hears DNA from three victims found at suspect’s farm
CALGARY — DNA evidence was found on a hacksaw, meat hooks, rubber boots and in a piece of biological material recovered from the property of a suspect on trial in the deaths of a couple and their grandson, court heard Tuesday.
Douglas Garland, 57, is charged with first-degree murder related to the disappearance of Alvin and Kathy Liknes and five-year-old Nathan O’Brien from their Calgary home in June 2014.
The child’s mother testified earlier in the trial that she found pools of blood when she came to pick up her son after a sleepover with his grandparents following their estate sale. But the Likneses and Nathan were gone.
RCMP forensic expert Vivian Mohrbutter testified Tuesday that there was DNA evidence from all three in the home. Swabs of blood were taken throughout the home, from a 45-pound dumbbell found in the garage as well as from outside on a sidewalk.