Gerald Klassen had been waiting since last year to hear whether he would be tried again for the murder of a woman found dead off Highway 5A near Merritt in 1993.
Prosecutors opted not to retry a Kamloops man who served 26 years following a murder conviction in 1995 because the forensic evidence tendered at his trial is now considered “inconclusive” and “insufficient.”BC Prosecution Service spokesman Dan McLaughlin said the Crown had three independent forensic pathologists review the evidence before deciding not to retry Klassen. The pathologists were retained as part of a review of Klassen's file initiated by the UBC Innocence Project.
He had been waiting since last year to hear whether he would be tried again for the murder of a woman found dead off Highway 5A near Merritt in 1993. Klassen, now 61 years old, has maintained his innocence. He said he had consensual sex with McLeod, after which they got into an argument. Klassen said he pushed her away, causing her to fall and hit her head on the boat ramp.
Independent pathology reports prepared in 2020 showed McLeod’s death was likely not the result of intentional force. Klassen was granted bail in September of that year.
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