Elizabeth Wettlaufer has waived her right to a preliminary inquiry and will be appearing in person inside the Woodstock Court house on April 21st.
WOODSTOCK - Some major progress in the first degree murder case against Elizabeth Wettlaufer.
Wettlaufer appeared via a video conference inside the Woodstock court house this morning for about five minutes. It was announced that she has waived the right to a preliminary inquiry and will be back in Woodstock in person on April 21st to set a trial date.
Family members and friends of the victims in the case have been coming to a lot of the meetings. Laura Jackson was in attendance today. She is a close personal friend of Maurice "Moe" Granat who is one of the alleged victims in the Wettlaufer case. She says the victims have formed a bond and a support group for one another.
"We have come together to support each other as well and it's not just the three of us, it's all the families, we are here for each other, we keep in contact outside of court and it is helping."
Also in attendance was Susan Horvath who has been to just about every single court case since this whole ordeal began. Her father Orpad Horvath is one of the alleged victims in the case. Horvath has launched a civil suit.
"My mom has also launched a lawsuit as well with me now because after watching the Fifth Estate on Elizabeth Wettlaufer, which was very informative, the things we learned, that has been a big help for her and she is going forward as well and it is not about the money it is about the justice and holding the nursing homes accountable."
Wettlaufer is accused of killing 8 people at two nursing homes she worked at in London and Woodstock. 7 of the deaths were in Woodstock at the local Carressant Care. Wettlaufer is also facing four additional charges of attempted murder and 2 for aggravated assault.
Here is the list of all the victims in this case:
James SILCOX (84) Carressant Care – Woodstock August 17, 2007
Maurice GRANAT (84) Carressant Care - Woodstock December 23, 2007
Gladys MILLARD (87) Carressant Care – Woodstock October 14, 2011
Helen MATHESON (95) Carressant Care – Woodstock October 27, 2011
Mary ZURAWINSKI (96) Carressant Care – Woodstock November 7, 2011
Helen YOUNG (90) Carressant Care – Woodstock July 14, 2013
Maureen PICKERING (79) Carressant Care – Woodstock March 28, 2014
Arpad HORVATH (75) Meadow Park – London August 31, 2014
As for the new charges of aggravated assault and attempted murder the victims are named here:
Caressant Care – Woodstock, Ontario
Name Age Offence Time Frame
Clotilde ADRIANO 87 Aggravated Assault JUN.-DEC. 2007
Albina DEMEDEIROS 90 Aggravated Assault JUN.-DEC. 2007
Wayne HEDGES 57 Attempt Murder SEP.-DEC. 2008
Michael PRIDDLE 63 Attempt Murder JAN.2008 – DEC.2009
Telfer Place – Brant County, Ontario
Sandra TOWLER 77 Attempt Murder SEP. 2015
Private Residence – Oxford County, Ontario
Beverly BERTRAM 68 Attempt Murder AUG. 2016
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