A daughter of a woman shot and killed in a Nova Scotia murder-suicide last month has named her mother’s killer as her stepfather, a retired RCMP officer. Now, Tara Graham is calling on the Mounties to do the same. “It doesn’t mark the whole RCMP by holding somebody accountable,” Graham told the National Post.
“Just hold that person accountable and stand for the fact that you don’t agree with what these people are doing.” And not just for their mother and the family left to mourn, they now say, but so her story raises awareness about the growing seriousness of intimate partner violence. For its part, following protocol, the RCMP has said very little of what is believed to have occurred that day.
The initial press release about “two suspicious deaths” discovered following a wellness check only mentions that “the individuals were known to one another.” An update four days later revealed a 59-year-old woman was killed by a 61-year-old man who then died “due to self-inflicted injuries.” Feeling as though their mother’s death at the hands of her partner was being “minimized,” the sisters turned to the media , which led to the RCMP confirming the nature of the incident.
In an email to the National Post, RCMP public information officer Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay confirmed it is a case of “intimate partner violence and that a firearm was used.” But the RCMP has not named either of the deceased, citing the Privacy Act.
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