Jamie Sarkonak: She was killed by a carjacker on meth. Her family deserved to be heard in court
It was the day after Christmas, 2024, and nine-year-old Victoria Desjardins was riding in the car as her mom drove through the Calgary intersection of Southland Drive and Macleod Trail when a Dodge Caravan came careening towards her at 170 kilometres per hour through a red light.
The driver, repeat criminal Duane Nepoose, was high on meth and probably also adrenaline — he had just violently robbed the car from its owner and was now evading police.
The impact was so brutal that Desjardins couldn’t survive her injuries; Nepoose, however, lived.
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