Crown seeks 10 years in prison for man who killed Kyla LaPointe

Shane Magee · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 11, 2025 3:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Family members of Kyla LaPointe voiced profound grief and choler connected Tuesday during the sentencing proceeding for a antheral who stabbed her successful the backmost and near her bleeding connected a Moncton thoroughfare successful 2023.

Dylan Alexander Jackson, 30, pleaded blameworthy successful December to manslaughter, admitting his actions led to the decease of the 32-year-old connected July 11, 2023.

"I volition ne'er forgive you, ever," Nicole Blanchard, LaPointe's mother, said as she read her unfortunate interaction connection from the witnesser box. "I emotion you Kyla."

Blanchard was among 8 people, including 1 of LaPointe's 4 children, who work unfortunate interaction statements successful the courtroom Tuesday.

They called for justness for her killing, saying she had struggled with addiction astatine times but was a loving mother, creator and afloat of of energy, and an advocator for children successful the foster attraction system. 

More than 2 twelve radical were successful the courtroom nationalist assemblage for the hearing, galore dressed successful purple, which the justice heard was LaPointe's favourite colour. 

Several household members spoke of the symptom they suffered successful 2015, erstwhile LaPointe's sister, Stephanie LaPointe, was struck and killed portion crossing a road aft a performance successful Moncton.

Her aunt Cindy LaPointe said they shared a peculiar enslaved and the agony that followed Stephanie's death. 

Cindy said her faith helped her done acheronian moments and requires her to forgive those who wounded her. 

"God mightiness forgive you, I volition never," Cindy said to Jackson. "I hatred you to my core, and I volition bash truthful to the time I die."

LaPointe's step-father Serge Bouchard besides described the affectional turmoil her death has caused for their family, arsenic good arsenic the fiscal toll of travelling from the Bathurst country to tribunal appearances successful Moncton. 

"We volition beryllium serving a beingness condemnation without her, I emotion you Kyla," Bouchard said. 

Jackson listened to the statements from the prisoner's box, occasionally nodding erstwhile radical spoke astir however helium had nary close to termination her. 

Crown authoritative Robert Johnston and defence lawyer Alex Pate are jointly requesting a 10-year situation condemnation for Jackson. 

However, that clip would beryllium reduced with recognition for clip he's spent successful custody since his arrest prior to sentencing. That condemnation simplification would magnitude to 2½ years.

The Crown didn't work retired large the facts Jackson is admitting, saying the details were contained successful a written papers provided to Justice Jean-Paul Ouellette. 

Jackson was among 3 primitively charged with second-degree execution successful LaPointe's death. The complaint was withdrawn against 1 man. 

Last month, Megan Marten pleaded blameworthy to accessory aft the fact. She was released connected conditions pending her sentencing proceeding connected April 10. 

An agreed connection of facts entered erstwhile Marten pleaded blameworthy outlines the details of the crime. 

That papers says LaPointe was portion of a radical of 5 who travelled from Fredericton to Moncton connected July 10, 2023, to bargain fentanyl. The radical divided up, with LaPointe and her boyfriend, Brody Leblanc, going to conscionable the cause dealer. 

The papers says the radical mislaid interaction — LaPointe didn't person a telephone — and for respective hours looked for each other. 

The papers says Marten parked connected Belleview Avenue adjacent downtown Moncton with Jackson and the 3rd man. LaPointe walked by the car, and the papers says Jackson ran up down her and stabbed her successful the back. 

The papers says Marten stood beside LaPointe arsenic she bled connected the thoroughfare for astir 2 minutes earlier returning to the car and driving the radical away. 

On Tuesday during the sentencing hearing, defence lawyer Alex Pate said Jackson had struggled with cause addiction. 

"He was highly intoxicated astatine the clip of the offence, it doesn't excuse the behaviour but provides immoderate context," Pate told the judge. 

Judge to regularisation Thursday

When fixed a accidental to code the court, Jackson said helium was trying to enactment sober.

"I let drugs instrumentality implicit my life," helium said. "I ruined idiosyncratic else's life. Sorry."

The justice said helium needed much clip to see his sentencing decision, scheduling the lawsuit to instrumentality to tribunal Thursday morning.