When Ryan Grantham turned himself in to police in 2020, his car contained three guns, ammunition,12 Molotov cocktails and a map to Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.
In her victim impact statement, Lisa Grantham said her life and career has been devastated by the murder. Waite's body was found by her daughter on the evening of April 1. He then covered his mother's body with a sheet and went to bed. "In the moments after, she would have known it was me." Grantham has acted in film and television since he was nine years old. He told the officer, "I killed my mother."
A British Columbia actor who pleaded guilty to the second degree murder of his mother intended to travel to Ottawa to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In his statement to police, Grantham said that in the hours after the murder he panicked, wrote in his diary, took the video, went out to get cash, marijuana and beer. In her victim impact statement, Lisa Grantham said her life and career had been devastated by the murder. Waite’s body was found by her daughter on the evening of April 1. “In the moments that followed, she would have known it was me.” Grantham has acted in film and television since the age of nine. He struggled with school, smoked a lot of cannabis, felt angry and anxious about perceived failures, and contemplated suicide.
Ex-Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham wanted to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, had driven to Simon Fraser University thinking of mass murder, court heard.
Grantham began his career as a child actor at age nine. “She was vulnerable and Ryan gave her no chance to defend herself. Lisa Grantham stood before the judge, crying as she read her victim impact statement, saying her brother took away her best friend. I just killed my mom,” Grantham said on the second video. They also found a GoPro camera that Grantham had used to film the crime scene. He was not looking at the multiple courtroom screens as his video narration was heard. Lisa found her mother under the sheet, the candles burning. But he soon realized it wasn’t a reasonable idea. “I just killed my mom. She said Grantham had considered shooting his mother several times before actually doing it. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker heard the evidence as sentencing submissions for Ryan Grantham began June 13. It was sister Lisa Grantham who found Waite. She drove to Squamish after being unable to reach her mother or brother.
Ryan Grantham a déclaré vouloir tuer Justin Trudeau à la fois dans sa déclaration à la police et dans des extraits de son journal privé qui ont été lus au ...
Inquiète, Lisa Grantham s'est rendue au domicile de sa mère qui ne répondait pas aux appels téléphoniques et aux messages. Il a ensuite couvert le corps de sa mère avec un drap et est allé se coucher. Elle a dit qu'il n'y avait aucun doute dans son esprit que son frère était une personne dangereuse. Il s'est approché d'un agent qui se trouvait dans une voiture de police et lui a dit : Il s'est également enregistré sur une caméra GoPro. Une vidéo qui a été montrée au tribunal semble montrer la procédure pas à pas. Ce dernier a plaidé coupable à l'accusation déposée contre lui le 9 mars dernier.