Alexandru Radita is shown in a photo from his 15th birthday party, three months before his death, in this handout photo. An Alberta judge looking into the death of the Calgary teen, who weighed only 37 pounds when he died, has suggested her inquiry might have to be expanded to include witnesses from British Columbia. (Image: Canadian Press / Government of Alberta)
Alberta judge ponders expanding fatality inquiry into death of starved Calgary teen
Sep 22, 2022 | 12:02 PM
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CALGARY, AB – An Alberta judge looking into the death of a Calgary teen who weighed only 37 pounds when he died has suggested her inquiry might have to be expanded to include witnesses from British Columbia.
Alexandru Radita died in May 2013 of bacterial sepsis brought on by complications due to untreated diabetes and starvation.
His parents, who moved from B.C. to Alberta, were found guilty of first-degree murder in 2017.
Witnesses at their trial testified that the couple refused to accept that their son had diabetes and failed to treat his disease, as well as that he was placed in foster care before eventually being returned to his parents.
