Verdict Thursday for work camp cook who killed Red Deer woman, other man
GRANDE PRAIRIE – A verdict will be handed down Thursday morning in Grande Prairie Court of Queen’s Bench at the Daniel Goodridge trial.
Final summations were heard Tuesday morning.
Goodridge has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disorder to six charges related to stabbings at a Fox Creek area work camp in 2015 that left two people, David Derksen of La Crete and Hally Dubois of Red Deer, dead.
During his nearly hour-long final presentation, Chief Crown Prosecutor Steven Hinkley questioned if Goodridge was killing indiscriminately to silence voices in his head, why did he not attack two other people he came in close contact with during the night of the stabbings.
Hinkley also brought up statements Goodridge made at the time of the attacks, saying they show justification for actions in the instance of the stabbing of Daniel Derksen and an attempt to get another victim to lower his guard before he was attacked. He also mentioned how Goodridge was guarded in the past but told a paramedic when asked what happened said, “I killed someone.”