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Don Edwards’ life came unraveled when his mother and father were killed in cold blood in 1991.

If that was not terrible enough, now the family — which includes Edwards’ wife and kids, his nieces and nephews, as well as his sisters and their husbands — have to endure the knowledge the killer, George Lovie, will be walking around free on a series of unescorted absences from jail.

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He will be spending that time in Sudbury, Ont., visiting a halfway house in the downtown core. And that is something residents here should be very concerned about, Edwards said.

“They could be living next-door to a very, very dangerous offender,” Edwards said. “To think this guy is going to be walking the streets of Sudbury and people don’t know who he is or what he’s all about. He’s highly volatile.”

To think this guy is going to be walking the streets of Sudbury and people don’t know who he is or what he’s all about. He’s highly volatile

A former Buffalo Sabres goalie and Team Canada netminder, Edwards now lives in the U.S. The parole board decision has not made him regret the move.