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Bilodeau father and son await sentencing after shooting conviction

Manslaughter and second-degree murder convictions have been handed down for a father and son who chased, shot and killed two Métis men on a remote rural road in Northern Alberta two years ago.
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Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal were shot on a rural road in March of 2020. File photo

EDMONTON — A father and son charged in the killing of two Métis men in Northern Alberta have been found guilty in the deaths.

Jacob Sansom, 39, and Maurice Cardinal, 57 were shot and killed near Glendon, Alta. in March of 2020.

Anthony and Roger Bilodeau were charged with two counts each of second-degree murder in the case.

After deliberating for one day, a jury found Anthony Bilodeau guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of Cardinal and guilty of manslaughter in the death of Sansom.

Anthony Bilodeau’s father, Roger Bilodeau, has been found guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in both deaths.

Sansom and Cardinal were found dead on a rural road in the Glendon area on March 28, 2020. The men had reportedly been out hunting earlier in the day in the Siebert Lake area, and then attended a residence in the Glendon area.

Through the two-week trial, the court heard how a vehicle reportedly slowed or stopped briefly in front of the Bilodeau residence on March 27, 2020. Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his teenage son Joseph, got in their vehicle and followed the other truck, being driven by Sansom. At times, the vehicles reached speeds of about 150km/hour on the rural road. 

As the situation unfolded, Roger called his older son, Anthony Bilodeau, 33, who lived nearby, asking him to meet them and bring a gun for self-protection.

Video from the area showed Cardinal and Sansom being gunned down and the Bilodeaus leaving the scene.

Following the shooting, Anthony Bilodeau cut up the gun and disposed of it.

The presiding judge will sentence Anthony and Roger Bilodeau. Second-degree murder mandates a life sentence with a minimum period of parole ineligibility of 10 years.

A sentencing date will be scheduled June 17.

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