Klaus appealing conviction, sentence in family murders

CALGARY — Jason Klaus is appealing his conviction and sentence after being found guilty in the deaths of his parents and sister.

The Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary confirms Jason Klaus has filed a notice of appeal.

Klaus, 42, and Joshua Frank, 32, were sentenced in January to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

The bodies of Klaus’s father Gordon and sister Monica were found in their burned-out farmhouse near Castor, east of Red Deer, in December 2013.