{"id":338147,"date":"2025-10-28T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/338147\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:16:31","slug":"toronto-man-who-admits-to-killing-girlfriend-found-ncr-family-outraged-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/338147\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto man who admits to killing girlfriend found NCR, family outraged – Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Calvo sat with his head down as the family of his late girlfriend spoke about how his \u201cmonstrous violence\u201d has left them devastated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is nothing joyous about a lack of criminal responsibility when the victim was stabbed to death,\u201d Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa\u2019s daughter Raquel Almeida Margulies told court, reading from her victim impact statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cStabbed by someone she trusted, cared for, and even loved. Stabbed by someone for whom she would accept even the strangest parts about. Stabbed 26 times. I would now like us to take 26 seconds of silence and reflect on that for a brief moment,\u201d said Marguiles, as two dozen friends and family members stood in the courtroom for 26 seconds of silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI assume that despite your mental illness that there is a part of you that knows that what you did is wrong. I\u2019m not sure how deep or accessible the reasonable part of your conscience exists, but I know it does,\u201d Marguiles said looking at Calvo.<\/p>\n

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The victim impact statements came at the end of an uncontested not criminally responsible (NCR) hearing, which began with Calvo admitting to killing his girlfriend on Oct. 15, 2023.<\/p>\n

Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly agreed with the opinions of two forensic psychiatrists who found that Calvo, who was suffering from a major mental illness, was incapable of making rational choices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he appreciated the nature and quality of his actions, he was unable to access the wrongfulness of his actions due to his delusional beliefs,\u201d Kelly told the court.<\/p>\n

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Calvo admitted to stabbing De Costa, his intermittent intimate partner of about one year, on Oct. 15, 2023 inside his Chambers Avenue home.<\/p>\n

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After fleeing the scene, Calvo approached three strangers on Davenport near Old Weston Road, who noticed him because he was yelling very loudly.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old spoke to them in Portugese and asked them for water, a car, and a cell phone. Calvo told them he needed help because he was running away and he had just killed a woman. He asked one of the strangers to call police.<\/p>\n

Body camera video from two police officers who arrived on scene and arrested Calvo was shown in court.<\/p>\n

In one of the videos, an officer who notices blood on Calvo asks him where the blood came from. Calvo responded from the \u201ckilling that I committed \u2026 at 191 Chambers Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Alina Iosif, a forensic psychiatrist who assessed Calvo for the Crown said she and Dr. Lisa Ramshaw, a forensic psychiatrist for the defence, agreed that Calvo qualified for the NCR defence.<\/p>\n

Iosif believed he was actively psychotic before, during and after the killing and was either suffering from schizoaffective disorder or late-onset schizophrenia which began in 2017.<\/p>\n

Iosif said that in 2017, Calvo had a workplace accident, lost his job and was being investigated by the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB).<\/p>\n

She said he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was given anti-psychotic medication, which he discontinued using. She also found he suffered from opiod abuse disorder, after being prescribed opiods for his workplace injury and becoming addicted.<\/p>\n

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