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Family described the boy as a “good and happy child,” a middle-schooler of “gentle demeanour”, with no drug problems and no mental health issues. He was a talented drummer, a dedicated soccer player and an all-around “loving and considerate person” who took care of his younger sister.

This made it all the more shocking when he tried to stab the girl to death in their Prince George, B.C., home.

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The sister had been calmly getting ready for school when Tim, not his real name, “suddenly, and without any provocation” began plunging a large kitchen knife into her back.

The girl. only a child at the time, was slashed on her back, arms, hands, legs and face as she desperately fled the attack.

Only by escaping from the house and flagging down a school bus was she able to receive medical attention for the wounds that, given only a few more minutes, would almost certainly have killed her.

It was a terrifying scene right out of a horror movie and, indeed, that was the point. As a blood-splattered Tim would soon tell police, he had pinched the idea from the film Halloween