A Salmon Arm, B.C., girl whose teenage love triangle turned lethal has been granted day parole.
Monica Joantha Sikorski was 17 years outdated in November 2008 when she lured her 22-year-old boyfriend Tyler Myers to Bastion Elementary Faculty in Salmon Arm. He thought he was there to confront a 16-year-old boy he’d lately discovered she’d been seeing on the facet however it was truly an ambush.
Myers was shot useless by Sikorski’s teenage paramour, who’d been ready within the shadows. His identification is protected underneath a publication ban attributable to his age on the time of the killing.
Sikorski was sentenced as an grownup, which is why her title shouldn’t be underneath a publication ban.
Sikorski, now 30, is serving a life sentence for second-degree homicide. Parole eligibility was set at seven years throughout her 2016 trial and she or he is topic to 10 12 months/lifetime weapons prohibition and a DNA order.
The Parole Board of Canada granted the escorted momentary absences for private improvement and rehabilitation, however in doing so went over the historical past of the case she’s been imprisoned for and provided some perception into her time behind bars.
In paperwork launched this week, the Parole Board mentioned Sikorski was in a romantic relationship with each younger males on the time of the crime, and whereas she was conscious he can be ambushed and threatened with a gun, she didn’t know he’d be shot.
“(Sikorski) walked with the sufferer to the again of a college the place (the teenage shooter) was hid within the bushes close to to the place (they) had been strolling,” reads the parole doc.
Sikorski knew that the teenage shooter was there and in possession of a rifle. She left Myers alone and walked away right into a treed space when she heard a rifle fireplace two to a few occasions.
“(Sikorski) noticed (Myers) run a couple of steps after which fall ahead on his abdomen and face,” the parole board doc learn.
Each Sikorski and the teenage shooter approached Myers and realized he was dying.
With Sikorski’s encouragement, the parole board wrote, the teenage boyfriend shot Myers once more.
When all was mentioned and executed, Myers suffered three gunshots in whole, together with one to the again of his head, and died of his wounds.
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The subsequent day, Sikorski and the opposite teen went about hiding proof they usually weren’t apprehended till 2012 when she provided up the small print to an undercover police officer. The parole board mentioned that Sikorski is at present low threat to re-offend in momentary absences and low to average threat over the long run.
Her accountability, motivation, and reintegration potential had been all assessed as excessive and she or he has a excessive degree of regret for her actions and acknowledges the ache she triggered the household and buddies of the sufferer, the parole board mentioned.
She doesn’t decrease or deflect her actions and continues to be targeted on bringing optimistic change to her life, the parole board added, and is frequently in remedy, having accomplished a number of programs.
The parole board mentioned she accepted duty for manipulating each her confederate and the sufferer and for escalating the chance of a confrontation between the 2 of them.
“(She) agreed with the Board’s characterization that (she was a) narcissistic particular person who feared being seen in a detrimental gentle,” reads the parole board report.
When requested how she was in a position to stay for therefore a few years earlier than being caught with out regret, Sikorski mentioned she’d compartmentalized.
Now that she’s making an attempt to maneuver ahead, she’s employed throughout the establishment she’s incarcerated in. She additionally completed her highschool diploma in addition to a post-secondary diploma in Felony and Social Justice.
She additionally acquired certificates in canine coaching, which is the place she might be doing for work at some point sooner or later when she’s launched to a midway home within the Central Okanagan.
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