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Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Garland is one of the biggest losers I've read about in ages. Lives with mom and dad, murders a child and two adults over a stupid patent that no one profited from. Just ridiculous.

It looks like this guy has had quite an extensive criminal past as well.

The man deemed a “person of interest” in the weeklong disappearance of a little Calgary boy and his grandparents has had sporadic but persistent trouble with authority for much of his life.

Documents from June of 2000 were released Tuesday by the Parole Board of Canada (formerly the National Parole Board) about Douglas Robert Garland, who was then serving time for narcotics offences stemming from a drug lab bust on his parents’ acreage in rural Airdrie, near Calgary, eight years earlier.

Under an “accelerated parole review” program, which no longer exists, Garland was eligible for parole after serving just a sixth of his 39-month sentence.

It appears he was released some time after the June 19, 2000 decision and a follow-up one in October that year.

But the documents also refer to several criminal charges for violence Garland once faced, a two-decades long record for property offences and ongoing “mental health concerns.”

http://o.canada.com/news/national/bl...cuments-reveal