Informant says he recorded conversations with accused killer “For Monica”

One of those undercover operatives was Brady Flett, the President and CEO of Stettler-based Vortex Production Services where Monica Klaus worked prior to her death.

Flett said Wednesday that he felt it was his responsibility to help police find out who was responsible for the killings.

“For Monica,” he replied when asked why by Crown Prosecutor Douglas Taylor.

Flett told court he first met with Jason Klaus on Dec. 13, 2013. He said Klaus asked if he could help him out financially. Flett agreed, giving him $10,000.

On Dec. 22, Klaus called Flett and told him that his family had been murdered. On Dec. 30 the two met at Monica’s house in Stettler.

Klaus asked Flett if he believed in spirits or visits from the deceased. Flett said he thought most of it was bogus but believed people have the ability to talk to their loved ones. That’s when Klaus began telling Flett how Monica’s spirit visited him to explain how she, Gordon and Sandra were killed and who did it.

After hearing Jason’s story, Flett begged him to take it to police. Klaus refused, telling Flett the killer was “a really good friend.”

All Klaus would say was that the killer was a man from Castor who was capable of doing “real bad stuff.”

Flett offered to be an anonymous informant for Klaus, saying he had a friend in Vancouver who could help give the information to RCMP. Still, Klaus refused.

He then showed Flett three messages on his phone, dated Jan. 1, 2010, he said came from Monica’s spirit and that he felt were clues.

Again Flett offered to help take Klaus’s story to police, but he refused again saying it would put a bullet in his head.

“It’s going to be hard for me to sit and have drinks with this guy and act like nothing happened,” Klaus told Flett.

Immediately after the chilling conversation, Flett wrote down what happened and called RCMP. On Jan. 9, 2014 he signed a letter of agreement to become an informant for their investigation.

Flett wore a recording device for three conversations with Klaus, starting with one on Jan. 15 in which Klaus repeated stories he’d told others about visits from Monica’s spirit.

Klaus also told Flett of a visit to the ruined farmhouse by a fire investigator, insurance representative, and a mysterious black lady resembling Aunt Jemima of pancake and syrup fame.

Klaus said this mystery woman pulled an item from the basement debris and said it was what they had to look for. She also gave a detailed description of where the gun used in the murders could be found.

“Wow, she knows a lot,” Flett said to Klaus, who in turn said the woman said she would never be seen or heard from again.

Earlier Wednesday, Jason Klaus’s aunt Marilyn Thomson wrapped up her testimony by telling court about two cell phones he gave her in spring 2014. The phones, Jason told her, held secret recordings of Frank confessing that he was responsible for the murders and fire.

Thomson says she told Klaus to take the phones to police immediately but that he refused while claiming Frank would kill him if he did. Several weeks later, out of concern for the safety of her and her family, Thomson threw the phones away and later told police about them.

The trial continues on Thursday in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

by Troy Gillard (Twitter: @Troy_Gillard)

Informant says he recorded conversations with accused killer “For Monica”

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