Douglas Garland to make court appearance

Posted Aug 14, 2014 7:30 am.

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The man charged in one of our city’s worst murder cases will be back in court Thursday morning.

Douglas Garland, 54, is charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder in the disappearance of Alvin and Kathryn Liknes and their five year-old grandson Nathan O’Brien.

The three vanished from a home in the southwest neighbourhood of Parkhill six weeks ago and while police have concluded all three were murdered no bodies have been found.

Last week, police revealed detectives expanded their search to Mexico as part of the investigation.

Alvin and Kathryn Liknes had been planning to move there after selling their house in Calgary.

Garland’s appearance is scheduled for nine this morning, 660News will be there.

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