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OPINION: Mother of B.C. man stabbed to death outraged over killer’s imminent release

Barbara Presseau wants public to know that offenders only serve two-thirds of sentences behind bars
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Barb Presseau, seen here on Oct. 21, 2022, is upset the man who killed her son Doug on July 7, 2017 downtown Chilliwack is set for statutory release on or near Nov. 19, 2022. Kirkland Russell was sentenced to eight years for the killing. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

As Doug Presseau’s killer was stabbing him in the chest on a Chilliwack street five years ago, the man yelled “Why won’t you f—-ing die!?”

Kirkland Russell stabbed the Good Samaritan a total of 14 times on July 7, 2017.

Presseau had come to the aid of Russell’s girlfriend, Bobbi Burris, who herself had somehow been stabbed. That’s when Russell turned on Presseau and killed him.

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