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The man charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault following a violent struggle in a Brentwood Bay home remains in custody.
Alan Charles Chapman, appearing by video, will remain in custody at the Vancouver Island Regional Correction Centre until Aug. 22, when he is scheduled to appear in court again.
A young woman who was murdered this past weekend in a Brentwood Bay home was not the intended target, family say.
On Saturday May 11th, at around 12:30 a.m., 20-year-old Emily Caruana was killed in what police say is not a random attack, while her boyfriend and uncle suffered serious injuries inflicted by the same suspect, according to a family member.
48-year-old Nanaimo resident, Alan Charles Chapman has been charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with this case, and is expected to make an appearance in court on Wednesday, May 15th.
In an interview with Victoria Buzz, Emily Caruana’s aunt, Cindy Lee Sonier reveals that the suspect, Chapman was unknown to Emily, her uncle (one of the assault victims), and to Cindy herself.
“She happened to be in that home for one night. It was the wrong victim,” said Sonier.
The identity of the intended target has not been released by police or family members due to the pending court proceedings.
https://www.victoria...ntended-target/
this appears to have been quietly settled with no further media coverage. it looks like crown entered a stay of proceedings on all three charges. on june 16th of this year.
very unusual case. even stranger end.
now it is possible someone else has been charged in the murder. or crown has determined it was not a murder.
or somehow the entire sequence of events was not criminal in nature. or crown for whatever reason can not get to the bottom of it all.