{"id":374877,"date":"2025-11-13T01:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374877\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T01:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:53:15","slug":"treatment-team-recommends-more-freedom-for-calgary-man-who-killed-5-at-house-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374877\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment team recommends more freedom for Calgary man who killed 5 at house party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Calgary man deemed <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7002170\/the-brentwood-five-massacre-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not criminally responsible for stabbing five people to death at a house party<\/a> is seeking more freedoms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>His treating psychiatrist, Dr. Sergio Santana, said Matthew de Grood remains a low level to reoffend and is ready for relaxed rules to make it easier for de Grood to visit his sister in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The argument was made at an annual hearing before Alberta\u2019s Criminal Code Review Board on de Grood\u2019s progress and whether additional freedoms would be warranted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can only recommend,\u201d Santana told the board Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to the board to agree whether they agree or not, but certainly last year we thought he was ready for more privileges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMatthew de Grood, seen here being loaded into an ambulance on April 15, 2014, was found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five people at a Calgary house party.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Some of the relaxed rules recommended by de Grood\u2019s treatment team include the ability to travel to western Canada or Ontario for up to two weeks at a time and to live at home with his parents in order to help take care of his ailing father and provide some financial relief.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Court heard de Grood faced a housing crisis since his last review, when his landlord cancelled his lease after finding out \u201cwho he is,\u201d according to his treatment team.<\/p>\n<p>The team says he\u2019s also tried to get a work placement or find a part-time job, but has been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Santana said de Grood continues to suffer from PTSD and the effect his actions had on his own family and those of his victims.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just the guilt but it\u2019s also the shame that comes with it. We know that bodes well,\u201d Santana said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who feel guilt and shame and remorse, they want to change. That always bodes well for their recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Court heard statements in support of de Grood from his family \u2014 as well as several impact statements from the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg Parras, father of Kaiti Parras, says it\u2019s the 11th time he\u2019s written a statement like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s anxiety every year, because we don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to be presented at the board hearing. We have no idea what his medical situation is. We don\u2019t know what his living situation is, so it\u2019s always surprise as we hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patty Segura, mother of Jordan Segura, attended the hearing, but didn\u2019t write a victim impact statement this time.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just done\u2026 I can\u2019t write, I can\u2019t pour my heart into any more victim impact statements just to have it redacted. I just can\u2019t do it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tRelated News\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10358992\/supreme-court-matthew-de-grood-alberta\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20231208171212-6573956ec17ab4c107cb3234jpeg-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSupreme Court won\u2019t hear de Grood appeal of review board decision\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10158908\/discharge-denied-matthew-de-grood\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/matthew-de-grood-on-stretcher.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDischarge request denied for Matthew de Grood who killed 5 at Calgary house party\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Segura, speaking to Global News during a break in the hearing, said the family continues to cherish Jordan\u2019s memory knowing he should be there with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has one niece and two nephews and he\u2019s not around for them to call him Uncle Jordan. They still talk about Uncle Jordan, we still celebrate his birthday\u2026 they\u2019ll come over here and they will blow out the candles, but Uncle Jordan\u2019s just not here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parras says he was relieved to hear the treatment team isn\u2019t recommending a conditional discharge \u2014 something the Crown also opposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means that they want to keep an eye on him\u2026 and most importantly it means that should something go wrong, should he devolve, should he have symptoms, that they can bring him back automatically without his consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he gets to a conditional discharge at this point, he has to agree to come back, but he may not have the insight if his schizophrenia has reappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11452669\/alberta-court-of-appeal-rejects-appeal-brentwood-5-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">De Grood\u2019s team has been pressing for more freedoms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In September, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11452669\/alberta-court-of-appeal-rejects-appeal-brentwood-5-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alberta\u2019s Court of Appeal rejected their bid for a conditional discharge for de Grood<\/a> or, at the very least, a relaxation of rules surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10412779\/matthew-de-grood-living-calgary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his supervision in group homes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with murder in the 2014 deaths but found not criminally responsible as he was mentally ill at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Parents worry the justice system will forget their children and the bright future that was ahead of them \u2014 never to be realized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the things in (Kaiti\u2019s) life that she\u2019s missing out on\u2026 all of her siblings\u2019 marriages, she has nephews that she never met, she never got married,\u201d Parras said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s missed out and all of that stuff, and what should that amount to?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Jordan) was super, super dedicated to his education,\u201d Segura explained. \u201cHe kind of stuck up for other people. He was a good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Matthew de Grood found not criminally responsible in Calgary\u2019s worst mass murder'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DE_GROOD_VERDICT_848x480_692984387599.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:15<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatthew de Grood found not criminally responsible in Calgary\u2019s worst mass murder\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Court heard that in the early hours of April 15, 2014, during a party described as laid back and relaxed, de Grood went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife, then quickly and without provocation\u00a0stabbed Zackariah\u00a0Rathwell, Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter and Lawrence Hong before fleeing. He was 22 years old at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The trial heard de Grood, suffering from schizophrenia at the time, believed he was attacking Medusas and werewolves for the son of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expert evidence was unanimous that the appellant had suffered a psychotic episode, had lost touch with reality and did not appreciate that his behaviour was morally wrong,\u201d said the Appeal Court decision in September.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing concluded late Wednesday afternoon. The Criminal Code Review Board will deliberate before issuing a written decision in the near future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>with files from The Canadian Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Calgary man deemed not criminally responsible for stabbing five people to death at a house party is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":374878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[180420,2147,4219,118741,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-374877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-brentwood-five","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-matthew-de-grood","12":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115539897350897241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}