Man Confesses to Murdering His Wife, Daughter and Sister in Facebook Post
- Publish date
- Sunday, 10 May 2015, 6:28PM
A Canadian father has admitted to murdering his daughter, wife and sister, through a Facebook post.
On Facebook, Randy Janzen said he shot and killed his 19-year-old daughter Emily because she suffered from debilitating migraines that left her in pain and depressed.
“I took a gun and I shot her in the head a now she is migraine-free and floating in the clouds on a sunny afternoon," he wrote in the post.
He admitted to shooting his wife, Laurel, “because a mother should never have to hear the news her baby has died,” and later his sister, Shelley, because he “did not want her to have to live with this shame I have caused all alone.”
Last month, Emily Janzen - an aspiring singer - tweeted about her happiness to be alive despite living with pain.
Whenever I start to feel sorry for myself, I just thank God I'm still alive. I complain about all the pain, but at least I'm here to feel it
— janzen (@emmers_janzen) April 25, 2015
On Facebook Randy Janzen wrote: “I have done some of the worst things I could have ever imagined a person doing. First, to do with my dear, sweet, loving daughter Emily.
“The best little girl two parents could ever hope for… Emily excelled at so many things but slowly had to stop almost everything because of the migraines.
“I don’t think anyone really knew how much pain Emily was in on a daily basis and the severe depression that these migraines caused her.
“Emily had tried everything to get better but nothing seemed to help her.”
Janzen said he was ashamed of his actions and felt remorse, in the final part of his post.
He wrote: "Now my family is pain free and in heaven.
"I have great remorse for my actions and feel like the dirt that I am.
"I am taking full responsibility for my actions and these murders.
"So sorry to anyone I have hurt.
"Rest in peace my little family, love Daddio xoxo."
He died in a fire at a home surrounded by the police, after a four-hour stand-off ending when the house went up in flames.
"There were two smoke bombs," neighbour Linda Anderson told CBC News. "One upstairs window and one through the living room window. I guess the drapes caught on fire and it was just a matter of minutes before the whole place went up."
Police in Vancouver, Canada believe his death was suicide.
