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Angila Wilson was a nurse at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater, B.C., a community of just over 2,300 people in 2014. She was mother to a six-year-old, four-year-old and a two-year-old. After one month separation, Angila was killed by her estranged husband, Iain Scott in April 2014. Scott was arrested in the night of 21 April 2014 after a seven-hour-long standoff with police at a home on the outskirts of Clearwater, where the three unharmed young children were also taken into custody. Scott was charged with first-degree murder and was recently denied bail. Her children were taken by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and placed in foster homes after the atrocity. Frank Wilson, Angila’s brother and his wife Leanne, are seeking custody of their niece and nephews shortly after the homocide. Frank and Leanne have two children of their own. They alleged that Angila took refuge in their home many times after suffering domestic violence. It is Angila's will to have them look after her children if anything happened to her. It took eight months for the Ministry to schedule a safe home study to determine whether Frank and Leanne’s home would be suitable for the children, and they are still waiting for the Ministry to approve them as caregivers for their niece and nephews. At the point of writing, Angila Wilson’s children have been kept away from their caring family members and in the homes of strangers for the last 10 months. The Ministry's indecision further traumatizing the Wilson's young children who have already suffered too much. After 10 months of futile effort, the Wilsons went public with the assistance of the NDP (the official opposition party in B.C.) and openly complained that MCFD is taking too long to make a decision, keeping their niece and nephews too long in foster care and moving them too often from foster home to foster home. Since they have experienced retaliation after rocking the boat in the past, they expect that the Ministry will drag its feet. They have little hope of a prompt decision. |
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[This page was conceptualized on 28 February 2015, added on 28 February 2015, last revised on 3 March 2015.]