Deceased/Not Found Canada - Alvin, 66, & Kathy Liknes, 53, Nathan O'Brien, 5, Calgary, 30 Jun 2014 - #12

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Nothing that would be considered a forest. There may be a few trees/bushes near the Elbow River, though. But not enough to conceal a body or bodies.
The crime scene is pretty close to the downtown area.

Anyone who is more local can probably give better insight than me.
I don't live in Calgary, but I do have general knowledge about the city.

Google streetview shows this at the end of their street (about 4 houses down from the Liknes' home):



It's the Elbow River Pathway (iirc) that runs alongside the river.
 
AMBER Alert issued for missing five-year-old from Calgary

Calgary police are investigating the disappearance of a five-year-old child and his grandparents from a home in the southwest and issued an AMBER Alert on Monday afternoon.

Police were called to a home in the 100 block of 38A Avenue SW at about 10:00 a.m. Monday by a mother who went to the home to pick up her son who was staying with his grandparents.

The three were not at the residence and have not been located despite efforts by police.


Investigators say evidence at the scene suggests their disappearance may be suspicious.
full article:
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/amber-alert-issued-for-missing-five-year-old-from-calgary-1.1893711

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REVISED TIMELINE DATED JULY 28, 2014


Summary of Additions/Corrections included in this revision (in blue font):

Correct Liknes’ home address to 123 38a Av SW (not 124)

1994 added detail re AL’s company ACL Resources Ltd bankruptcy

2001 AL and Northern Pressure Systems Ltd filed patent for pump that was built but never proved “economically viable”.

2008 Northern Pressure Systems went dormant when natural gas prices tanked.

2010 Vecto Resources dissolved

2011 AL filed patent (no mention of DG)

2013 AL filed another patent (no mention of DG)

July 3 LE remove AL’s truck from the driveway

July 17 LE press release says they have a 30 day search plan in place that is intelligence driven and cannot be shared outside of law enforcement



REVISED TIMELINE:


1948 Alvin Cecil Liknes born (Alvin, AL)

1960 Douglas Robert Garland born Jan 27 1960 (DG aka Douglas Garland, Matthew Kemper Hartley, Douglas John Garland)

1961 Kathryn Faye Prevost born (Kathryn Liknes, Kathryn, KL, KFL)

1973 DG’s parents bought the Airdrie property, 273149 RR 291, Airdrie, AB

1980s Alvin involved in civil lawsuit(s) in 80s and 90s

1980s exact dates unknown, DG studied science at the Univ of Alberta with plans to become a doctor. He left school without finishing a degree (apparently caught cheating, subsequently claimed he had a nervous breakdown)

1980 DG applied for his own SIN in his own name

1980 October 29 Head-on collision 6 km southeast of Cardston, AB claimed the lives of Jill Lorene Hartley and Matthew Kemper Hartley

1988 charge of prohibited weapon dismissed against DG

1989 assault charge stayed against DG

1989 approx year Alvin and Kathryn married (Alvin previously m. to SB)

1990s Alvin involved in civil lawsuit(s) in 80s and 90s

1992 October 23 drug raid at Garland farm. LE found beakers, Bunsen burners and boxes of chemicals used in the manufacture of meth. Evidence was also located at a rented facility in Crossfield, AB. DG disappeared for 7 years after the raid and assumed the identity of Matthew Kemper Hartley.

1992 October 23 – charges listed in BC court registry under file #42183-1-H (against Douglas ROBERT Garland):

FDA - 39(1) Traffic in a controlled drug Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 353(1)(b) possessing automobile master key Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 351(1) Possess break-in instrument Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 351(1) Possess break-in instrument Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 351(1) Possess break-in instrument Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 354 Possession of property obtained by crime Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 90(1) Possession of a prohibited weapon Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert

1992 November 20 – charges listed in BC court registry under file #42183-1-H (against Douglas ROBERT Garland):

CCC - 355(a) PSP - Over $1,000 Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert
CCC - 355(b) PSP - Under $1,000 Commit GARLAND, DOUGLAS Robert

1992 DG commenced working at Can Test chemical testing lab in Vancouver where he went on to supervise 30 chemists and technicians. At the same time he was also a lab auditor for the B.C. government, checking for quality assurance at various testing facilities. (Unclear if this last sentence pertains to the 1992-1997 job or the subsequent job)

1993 DG applied for and received a SIN in the name of Matthew Hartley. Also applied for a driver's license
under the name Matthew Hartley and conducted all his activities in Vancouver under the name Matthew Hartley

1994 AL’s company ACL Resources Ltd went bankrupt after lending a large amount of money to Cherhill Resources. As a majority owner of Cherhill Resources, AL sold a Vancouver Island property for $32,000 to prop up the company. AL was sued (date unknown) by Harris N. Hanson claiming “material misrepresentations” by AL that resulted in Hanson advancing $25,000 to Cherhill Resources. Cherhill went bankrupt and ACL Resources was unable to pay Revenue Canada. (Dates unknown .. AL was also employed by and offered options to purchase shares in Granisko Resources Inc., which also subsequently went bankrupt.)

1997 DG finished working at Can Test after nervous breakdown

1998 October, DG arrested in Richmond BC in connection with a stolen tractor trailer unit

1998 October 02 – charges listed in BC court registry under file #41250-2-C (against Douglas JOHN Garland, found by searching under the alias Matthew Hartley):

CCC - 355(a) PSP Over $5,000 Commit GARLAND, Douglas JOHN Richmond BC
CCC - 129(a) wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer Commit GARLAND, Douglas JOHN Richmond BC

1999 May 31, DG arrested in Vancouver BC; had been working as a chemical mixer at the B.C. Institute of Technology under the name of deceased Matthew Kemper Hartley. Charges of impersonation, trafficking in a controlled substance, theft over $5,000, possession of break-in instruments, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and obstructing a police officer (weapons charge dismissed?).

2000 Alvin was the respondent in 2 civil law suits

2000 DG was released between June 19, 2000 and October 2000 after serving 1/6 of a 39 month sentence

2001 AL and Northern Pressure Systems Ltd filed patent for pump that was built but never proved “economically viable”.

2005 March, Calgary, AB, lawsuit DG v. Ministry of National Revenue, DG represented himself and won an appeal wrt whether his employment at Can Test was insurable and pensionable employment

2006 January 2, Alvin Liknes’ daughter, EAL shot by ex-common-law husband, 61 yo Fernando Chora in Okotoks, AB. Chora (represented by Calgary lawyer, Adriano Iovinelli) was acquitted of assault, but found guilty of fleeing the scene and 2 weapons charges and sentenced to 4 years with credit for time served. During the trial, Chora told the judge that he had provided EAL with a great deal of money because of a criminal lifestyle. FC said he still carried a gun because he had enemies who may want to hurt him. He said he left that lifestyle behind when he moved out of his Kamloops BC home with EAL and moved to Vulcan AB

2008 Nathan O’Brien born (September?)

2008 Northern Pressure Systems went dormant when natural gas prices tanked.

2008 AL’s company Blue Sky Oil and Gas Corp, involved with natural gas production, was registered in Nevada. Filings indicate Blue Sky was in merger discussions with a Florida company called Whitemark Homes Inc. As a result of the housing crash, Whitemark had proposed to take up resource development

2009 DG's charged with "failure to yield to a pedestrian" and subsequent fine of $575

2009 August 24, JO (nee JP-L) and RO married

2010 Vecto Resources dissolved

2011 AL filed patent (no mention of DG)

2012 KL ceased being a licenced realtor (as per Real Estate Council of Alberta in 2014 who said she had not been practising for two years)

2012 KL declared personal bankruptcy

2012 A Sarasota Florida-area businessmen involved with the Whitemark deal was a real estate developer with close ties to a man who was sentenced in 2012 to 3 yrs in prison for masterminding a large house-flipping fraud

2013 AL filed another patent (no mention of DG)

2013 DG ran his chemical manufacturing company, P2 Solutions Ltd until sometime this year

2013 October, Alvin's son AL, said he last saw DG at his in-laws at Thanksgiving and said DG seemed a bit of a loner and didn't speak to him that much

2013 December 5, title documents show the Liknes home was sold to a Calgary lawyer for $705,000. AL and KL continue to live in the home.

2014

2014 January FC released from prison

2014 KL was involved in social media marketing, offering Search Engine Optimization services and website templates for businesses; also direct marketing for Nucerity (skincare products)

June 11 estate sale ads started being placed in kijiji (ads placed June 11 to June 24)

June 25 Winter Petroleum employees officially resigned on this date

June 27 Friday, start of estate sale that was advertised as “SALE June 27, 28, 29th - FRIDAY 2PM-7PM, SATURDAY 8:30-4:00, SUNDAY 8:30-4:00”

June 29 Winter Petroleum premises cleaned out

June 29 locals report that the area near Parkhill neighbourhood had only a “brief spitting” of rain

June 29 Sunday, JO attends estate sale at Liknes home with NO and his younger brother

June 29 neighbour reports seeing AL playing in the park with NO around noon (elsewhere said NO in park and AL watching from by the garage in the back laneway)

June 29 10:00pm approx. time JO leaves with the youngest boy and NO stays with AL and KL for a sleepover

June 30 5:25am sunrise in Calgary

June 30 10:00am Monday, JO returns to the Liknes house to pick up NO and nobody is at the home. She notifies LE

June 30 10:00am Sometime in the morning after LE arrived, AL’s brother CL arrived at the home after having phoned and receiving no answer to his call(s?)

June 30 5:15pm MT (mountain time) Amber Alert is issued

July 1 Tuesday, AL and KL were to vacate their home at 123 38a Av SW, Calgary (to be verified whether July 1 or July 31)

July 1, 11:00 am Investigators say they have no "significant leads" about the whereabouts of the missing family. Also that evidence at the Liknes home indicates the three family members left the residence against their will. LE ask anyone who attended the estate sale to contact them and that LE will be at Parkhill Community Centre on July 3 to meet with them. People are being asked to bring photos of what they bought to help investigators catalogue what was purchased and what remains in the house.

July 1 2014 Police contacted 3 landfills asking for trash to be segregated

July 1 RO sends an email late today to CTV Calgary saying that a reward will be announced Wednesday through CPS

July 2 Wednesday, sometime after midnite and before morning, a neighbour of the Garlands is awake during the night and sees a light on in the greenhouse at the Garland farm. He says that is unusual.

July 2 Neighbours notice that someone at the Garland property has been burning most of the day (elsewhere it said 2 days?)

July 2 3:00pm MT (mountain time) JO and RO make public plea for the return of their son. LE say they have decided not to offer a cash reward at this time. LE also says the grandparents are not considered suspects.

July 3 of approx. 200 people who attended sale, 80+ attended Parkhill Community Hall

July 3 LE remove AL’s truck from the driveway

July 4 LE update says there was a violent struggle inside the Liknes home. They are searching for a green Ford F150 made in the late 1980s or early 1990s that was seen driving around the neighbourhood several times the night of the disappearance

July 4 LE arrived at the Airdrie farm in the evening; a green truck matching the one LE is seeking is removed from the scene and POI DG is taken into custody

July 5 Search takes place around the Liknes’ home and the park.

July 6 DG continue search at farm but DG is released from custody. LE says he remains a POI

July 7 DG makes first court appearance and will be back in court Wednesday, July 9

July 7 It is announced that POI has link to Liknes family and has criminal past. (It becomes known that DG’s sister is in a CIL relationship with AL’s son AL)

July 7 Pastor Dave Pollard of Airdrie United Church says DG’s parents are doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances

July 8 It is said that detectives have interviewed staff of AL’s company that went bankrupt weeks before the family’s disappearance

July 9 DG made second court appearance. Will return to court Friday July 11 when he could be released on conditions, including that he provide an address where he will be staying

July 9 LE reveal that DG and AL had money dealings that soured and there is "bad blood" related to money between the two. They are not aware of the specifics

July 9 LE ask property owners in rural areas outside Calgary to search their land for anything suspicious

July 10 LE commenced search of Spyhill landfill; bags of (potential?) evidence removed by LE

July 10 LE start search of second landfill site at 17th and 68th Street today

July 10 RCMP Explosives disposal unit was dispatched to the Garland property in Airdrie today

July 10 In LE presser today, they say they know who was hurt in the home

July 10 Hundreds of people attend vigil held for the family

July 11 DG released from custody on $750 bail with the following terms: keep the peace and be of good behaviour; must stay in province (cannot leave Alberta without permission), surrender passport within 24 hours of release, to report 3 days a week, first report to be July 15, must provide land line phone # if available to supervisor, must be home between the hours of 9 pm and 7 am each day, he is to reside at transitional housing - hotel, motel, Mustard Seed, Drop-In Centre, Salvation Army Centre of Hope, or homeless shelter, be back in court Aug. 6 at case management office, not possess ID other than his own. DG asks judge "I live on a farm, sometimes working past 9 o'clock, would residence be on the farm itself?" The judge reminds him he won't be going to the farm but to some form of transitional housing.

July 11 LE conclude search at southeast Calgary landfill and focus their efforts on an acreage north of the city and the Spyhill Landfill site. Also have a tactical unit at the Airdrie acreage to deal with dangerous and flammable chemicals that were found on the property. Asking people/businesses/oil companies in the Airdrie and Parkhill/Stanley Park areas to check their properties for absolutely anything out of the ordinary.

July 11 Members of Liknes family confirm in the media that beef between AL and DG was over patent filed years ago by AL; family says it was AL's invention

July 13 The Liknes home was released as a crime scene

July 13 time unknown, homicide detectives conclude enough evidence to determine all 3 family members murdered

July 14 1:30 am DG re-arrested in the early morning hours near his parents’ farm in Airdrie.

July 14 1:00 pm LE holds presser to advise that an arrest has been made and that two charges of first-degree murder (AL andKL) and one charge of second-degree murder (NO) are pending in the case. Police did not confirm the name of the suspect, but family has told media that Douglas Garland is the person. LE expect charges to be laid later today.

July 14 DG was formally charged late tonite with 2 counts of first degree murder related to Alvin and Kathryn Liknes, and 1 count of second degree with regard to Nathan O’Brien. His next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16

July 16 Second court appearance for DG. Case adjourned to Aug. 14, defence (Kim Ross) awaiting disclosure

July 17 LE press release says they have a 30 day search plan in place that is intelligence driven and cannot be shared outside of law enforcement

July 31 AL and KL were to vacate their home (to be verified whether July 31 or July 1 2014)

August 14 Third scheduled appearance for DG
 
Hi guys,

All of you have been very busy and doing some excellent work in trying to search the name of Matthew Hartley (stolen identity) to possible dealings of DG.

Please when doing so you are 100% certain you are making the correct connections.

We simply do not want to post addresses and other persons information with the same name on the board. Do your sleuthing, condense it down and post when you are sure.


Thank you!
 
QUOTING/REPLYING TO STAN'S POST #1086: "now try overlaying it with DG, at what point do they meet? I cant picture interaction between them, so so so different, what did they see as a need/purpose in each other? What could one get the other?"

If AL considered himself one with entrepreneurial flare and was eager to create/find his 'million dollar idea' (it only takes one good idea they say) and if DG was seeking recognition himself in a scientific/inventor way (or an ego boost to feel superior to others) himself that's one thing they possibly had in common, the desire to do something 'great'. The second thing in common is PG. Now the question everyone wants to know, the chicken before the egg scenario - who met and connected to the Liknes first and how, DG or PG?
 
Not sure this info has been out there and probably not important. On another website (a statement analysis blog, don't think i can post because it's not MSM, correct me if I'm wrong) an anonymous comment mentioned "Alvin and Allen bought land, in Evansburg, as stated on a government website." This could be hearsay, haven't checked the government website. Just posting as IIRC there was discussion as to whether the Liknes were staying with family in the Edmonton area or if they bought, so *if* the comment is true, they might've bought land with Allen.
 
Not sure this info has been out there and probably not important. On another website (a statement analysis blog, don't think i can post because it's not MSM, correct me if I'm wrong) an anonymous comment mentioned "Alvin and Allen bought land, in Evansburg, as stated on a government website." This could be hearsay, haven't checked the government website. Just posting as IIRC there was discussion as to whether the Liknes were staying with family in the Edmonton area or if they bought, so *if* the comment is true, they might've bought land with Allen.

This link (Ctrl+F or Page 725) shows the transaction you are referring to:

http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/gazette/2001/pdf/0331_i.pdf

So, yes AL and AJL purchased property in Yellowhead County (where Evansburg is) sometime prior to March 31 2001
 
This is for Sillybilly... Can you add the upcoming August 6th court date for DG in the timeline?
 
Evansburg seems to have an above average drug crime rate. Just noticing....
 
The home mailing address for DG is Box 3, Site 12, RR2, Airdrie, T4B 2A4

If a corporate address is Box 3, Site 11, RR2, Airdrie, T4B 2A4... what does that look like to you?

For me it looks like 2 neighbouring sites have the same box #. In a rural area with the sites being next to each other I am curious if they do in fact have separate mail boxes but the same number.. I find it odd.

http://www.tradekey.com/company/P2-Solutions-Ltd-8382577.html
 
The home mailing address for DG is Box 3, Site 12, RR2, Airdrie, T4B 2A4

If a corporate address is Box 3, Site 11, RR2, Airdrie, T4B 2A4... what does that look like to you?

For me it looks like 2 neighbouring sites have the same box #. In a rural area with the sites being next to each other I am curious if they do in fact have separate mail boxes but the same number.. I find it odd.

http://www.tradekey.com/company/P2-Solutions-Ltd-8382577.html

Box 3, Site 11, RR2 is a mail box delivery system numbering. It is box number three at mailbox site 11 on the rural route 2. Site 12 would be a different set of rural mail boxes on a different road on the rural route 2.
 
Box 3, Site 11, RR2 is a mail box delivery system numbering. It is box number three at mailbox site 11 on the rural route 2. Site 12 would be a different set of rural mail boxes on a different road on the rural route 2.

So if I understand correctly the Site # is only for the actual mail box that contains various box #'s. Site is not a property location marker.
 
This link (Ctrl+F or Page 725) shows the transaction you are referring to:

http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/gazette/2001/pdf/0331_i.pdf

So, yes AL and AJL purchased property in Yellowhead County (where Evansburg is) sometime prior to March 31 2001

Thanks sillybilly, I didn't realize this was the document the poster was referring to, as I think it's been referred to here on WS already quite a bit so no new info for us here. I also didn't realize the purchase was so long ago, I thought it might've been more recent for the move out of Calgary. Does anyone know if this land that was purchased back in 2001 is still owned by them? If so, did they build on it or what was done with it?
 
This is for Sillybilly... Can you add the upcoming August 6th court date for DG in the timeline?

Yes, it's in the list of items to add in an upcoming revision which should be within the next 24 hrs. Am off today :biggrin:
 
Hmm ... if you go to this link:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...-Legal-Descriptions+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

and do a Ctrl+F for Box 3, Site 12

it will bring up DG's mailing addy within a mish-mash of other mailing addys. If you look at the paragraph immediately preceding that one, the G surname appears there with different Christian names we haven't heard before. So, is DG using a mailing address for another set of relatives where he runs his businesses from?
 
Hmm ... if you go to this link:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...-Legal-Descriptions+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

and do a Ctrl+F for Box 3, Site 12

it will bring up DG's mailing addy within a mish-mash of other mailing addys. If you look at the paragraph immediately preceding that one, the G surname appears there with different Christian names we haven't heard before. So, is DG using a mailing address for another set of relatives where he runs his businesses from?

Yes, I see his parents first name with a different surname A,DF. I also see JG,LG.
 
Yes, I see his parents first name with a different surname A,DF. I also see JG,LG.

Whoa ...missed that even after I looked at the F surname. Soooo, how do we explain this little goody?
 
Hmm ... if you go to this link:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...-Legal-Descriptions+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

and do a Ctrl+F for Box 3, Site 12

it will bring up DG's mailing addy within a mish-mash of other mailing addys. If you look at the paragraph immediately preceding that one, the G surname appears there with different Christian names we haven't heard before. So, is DG using a mailing address for another set of relatives where he runs his businesses from?

I found a business listed in a O&G directory with a very similar address... same box, different site, same PC. In a rural setting I wonder how frequently the mail is mixed up...sent to wrong address.
 
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