SC Hears Testimony of First Witness at Surrey Six Murder Trial

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Retired building manager of the Balmoral Tower, Norman Carothers, gave his testimony in front of B.C. Supreme Court Justice, Catherine Wedge, on Monday as he described walking into Suite 1505 of building almost six years ago, when he found six people dead inside. He explained that he did not like entering tenants’ apartments, but he had a sinking feeling at the time.

Carothers explained that he was looking for fireplace repairman, Ed Schellenberg, for more than 30 minutes on Oct. 19, 2007 and did not find any sign of him anywhere in the 121-unit Surrey high-rise. Consequently, he returned to the penthouse floor where Schellenberg was last working and tried knocking on 1505. Though the knock was not answered, he alleged to have heard music and explained that “something told me I just had to go in because this was an emergency.”

The first witness at the Surrey Six murder trial of Cody Haevischer, Matthew Johnston and Michael Le, Carothers, stated that “I come across the scene and I see six people on the floor.” After having entered the room, he alleged that “I started hollering ‘Ed, Ed, Ed.’ ” Carothers added that “I ran in and I grabbed who I thought was Ed by the feet … Then I looked around and I see the scene.” Later, he explained that “I told my wife to phone 911 and call everybody out — the fire department, the police, ambulance, everybody, because something has happened up here. Everybody is on the floor. There is blood. I don’t know what happened to them.”

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