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The Major Crimes Unit and #Bonnyville RCMP are seeking public assistance for:

Trail, dash cams and video surveillance from 8 p.m. March 27 to 4 a.m. March 28, 2020, from the following areas: the MD of #Bonnyville, RR 84, RR 85 RR 90, TWP 614, TWP 620 and TWP 622. #CanYouHelp — RCMP Alberta (@RCMPAlberta) March 31, 2020

Mike Sansom, Jake Sansom’s brother and Cardinal’s nephew, said the two were the kinds of men who would give you the shirt off their backs. When he heard they were killed, he was devastated.

“I felt like my heart has been ripped through my stomach and I haven’t been able to eat for three days,” he said through tears Monday. “They helped everybody. Nobody had a problem with them … They got murdered for no reason. There’s nothing. There’s no reason for it.”

Jake Sansom was married and had three children ages 8, 11 and 13. Cardinal had five grandchildren and three stepchildren. Mike Sansom said his brother didn’t have much money left for groceries while he waited for the government’s financial reliefs to kick in, so he and his uncle went hunting.

They opted to give a moose to one of Cardinal’s children on Friday evening, and they planned to go out again later to get a moose for Jake Sansom’s family.

“That’s the last time I saw him,” Mike Sansom said, referring to Cardinal’s family member’s home. Their bodies were found not far from there the next morning.

They took care of their families and others

Mike Sansom says both his uncle and brother were generous.

“They would help anybody they could in any way. Jake was a volunteer firefighter,” he said, adding he taught jujitsu to children and gave motivational speeches.

Cardinal, from Bonnyville, worked as a tree faller for 12 years and enjoyed the outdoors.

“My uncle Morris always made a point to watch my nieces, nephews, my kids, my brother’s kids, teach them how to hunt and fish,” Mike Sansom said, adding both were happy people and smiled often.