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A cousin of the woman killed in a Prince Albert triple homicide says family members are in “shock” over her death and that of her partner and their grandson.

Billy McLennan described his 56-year-old cousin Sandra Henry and 56-year-old Denis Carrier as high school sweethearts. Another cousin, Sherry McLellan, told The Canadian Press the couple had three sons together.

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Prince Albert police arrested one of those sons, 28-year-old Nathaniel Carrier, on Tuesday. He faces first-degree murder charges in connection with his parents’ deaths, as well as the death of his seven-year-old son Bentlee.

Nathaniel Carrier is also charged with the attempted murder of his daughter, Bentlee’s five-year-old sister, Kendrah, who remains in hospital in Edmonton in stable condition.

“It’s a shock. It’s a shock to everyone,” Billy McLellan said in an interview with The StarPhoenix.

He said he spoke to his cousin last week at the local Co-op where she worked, and they talked about the COVID-19 pandemic and “how crazy the world is.”