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UPDATE: B.C. Review Board grants conditional discharge for Merritt child killer Allan Schoenborn
UPDATE: A B.C. Review Board has granted a conditional discharge to Allan Schoenborn, who killed his three children at a Merritt home in 2008. In rendering its decision, the Review Board stated that Schoenborn must attend a psychiatric clinic for treatment and stay at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam if or...
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RCMP seize drugs and weapons from Merritt home after gun threat
A reported gun threat led to a drug bust in Merritt Tuesday (June 2). Merritt RCMP say they responded to a report of threats involving a firearm although a specific time was not provided in a news release issued Wednesday. Police were told the suspect fled to a home in the 2100-block of Quilchena Avenue before officers...
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Driver and passenger seriously injured in Merritt motorcycle crash
Two people were sent to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops with serious injuries following a motorcycle crash in Merritt. Merritt RCMP say officers responded to a stretch of Voght Street at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday (June 2). According to RCMP, the motorcycle was travelling eastbound on Voght Street when the driver accel...
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Allan Schoenborn seeks 1-year conditional discharge, 18 years after killing his children in Merritt
Allan Schoenborn is seeking a one-year conditional discharge from the B.C. Review Board, 18 years after killing his three children. Schoenborn was found guilty of killing five-year-old Cordon, eight-year-old Max and 10-year-old Kaitlynne in their Merritt, B.C., home, but was deemed not criminally responsible due to a m...
Jun 03, 2026
Two arrested in downtown Merritt Tuesday afternoon
Two people were arrested in downtown Merritt on Tuesday afternoon (June 2), after RCMP shut down a portion of Quilchena Avenue. Details are limited as to why the two were apprehended after police blocked off a portion of downtown from Quilchena and Garcia. Witnesses told Q101 News that the detachment were assisted by t...
Jun 02, 2026
