Man accused of killing teen at Abbotsford high school pleads not guilty
Posted October 7, 2019 12:20 pm.
Last Updated October 7, 2019 2:19 pm.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man accused of killing a 13-year-old student and wounding another in a British Columbia high school has pleaded not guilty to the crimes.
Gabriel Klein is accused of stabbed Letisha Reimer to death and injuring a second girl at their high school in Abbotsford on Nov. 1, 2016.
In court today for the trial of Gabriel Klein, the man accused of stabbing a 13 year Abbotsford student to death in 2016. Court is currently being shown video of the aftermath of the crime scene. #abbystabbing #gabrielkleintrial @NEWS1130 @CityNewsVAN
— Tom Walsh (@CanadaWalsh) October 7, 2019
RCMP IHIT investigator on the day of the attack called to the stand. Shows to the magistrate items recovered from the scene, they include a hunting knife, the sheath it was in and a black jacket.#abbystabbing #gabrielkleintrial
— Tom Walsh (@CanadaWalsh) October 7, 2019
Crown lawyer Rob Macgowan has told B.C. Supreme Court judge that an autopsy revealed Reimer died of 14 stab wounds.
He says the other girl, whose name is under a publication ban, suffered four stab wounds, including to her right eyelid and chest, leading to a collapsed lung.
Now hearing from CBSA border agent. Says how Klein had being caught trying to cross the border into the US at the Huntingdon crossing. Klein stated that he was not from B.C but was in Abbotsford looking for work cleaning chicken coups at farms in the area.#abbystabbing @NEWS1130
— Tom Walsh (@CanadaWalsh) October 7, 2019
CBSA agent Montague says she found this suspicious as there were only blueberry farms in the area. Klein was also 'clean cut' and had clean boots. #abbystabbing #gabrielkleintrial
— Tom Walsh (@CanadaWalsh) October 7, 2019
The court was shown a graphic video taken by a student from the third floor overlooking the school’s rotunda, where a man is seen repeatedly stabbing a screaming girl on the floor.
Klein had been held at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam since the death, but a B.C. Review board found him mentally fit to stand trial on the charges in January.
