A Busby man is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 8 to face charges related to the deaths of his son and another man.
A Busby man is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 8 to face charges related to the deaths of his son and another man.
Alvin Boles, 70, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Curtis Perrin, 37, and manslaughter in the death of his son, Kevin Boles, 46. He also faces charges of using a firearm during the commission of an offence and careless use of a firearm.
RCMP K Division spokesperson Sgt. Josee Valiquette said police were called to a residence just outside Busby at around 10:40 p.m. on Dec. 28. When officers arrived, they found Perrin and Kevin Boles dead; both men had suffered apparent gunshot wounds.
Autopsies were scheduled for Dec. 30. Valiquette explained it would be up to the Chief Medical Examiner's office to decide whether to make the autopsy results public.
Alvin Boles was arrested at the residence, and has been taken into custody. He has been co-operative with police, Valiquette said, and is scheduled to appear in Westlock Provincial Court on Jan. 8.The sequence of events that led to the two men's deaths won't be made known until the elder Boles appears in court. However, the call alerting police to the homicides was made from within the residence.
Valiquette added she could not explain exactly why Boles is facing a different charge for each man.
'In regards to why he's charged with second-degree murder on one and manslaughter on the other, these details will be kept for the court proceedings," she said. 'But, what I can say is that evidence or elements of the offence that were gathered by our officers will support one charge as to another."
Valiquette said the two Boles lived in the same house, and Perrin was a mutual acquaintance who was a visitor to the house that night.
For the Busby community, the deaths come as a shock.
Dennis Witter is a family friend, and was at the Boles' residence earlier that evening, leaving at around 7:15 p.m.
'Alvin was a nice guy," he said. 'I can't see Alvin doing a thing like that. He was very well liked in the whole community. He worked with the Lions Club and all that."
Witter learned about what happened through Alvin's wife, who called him on Dec. 29.
'I couldn't believe it at first," he said.
Witter has remained in touch with Alvin's wife, and said she's doing 'not that good" in the aftermath of her son's and her son's friend's death.
'It's a sad thing; she lost a son there, and her husband's in jail," he said.
