The man sent to prison for the deaths of an elderly Alberta couple has never admitted to killing them and won’t reveal where their bodies are.
Now, as Travis Vader comes up for day parole, the family of Lyle and Marie McCann say that information is necessary before any consideration can be given to his release.
“It’s critical for Vader’s rehabilitation that he admits to having committed the murder of my parents,” said Brett McCann, the son of the elderly couple who disappeared on a camping trip 14 years ago.
On Thursday at a prison in British Columbia, Travis Vader will appear before the Parole Board of Canada and request day parole.
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He was sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, following a lengthy and high-profile legal process.
The couple, in their 70s, vanished after leaving their home in St. Albert, a bedroom community directly north of …