Boushie family says trial is opening old wounds
Colten Boushie’s family said sitting through the second day of the Gerald Stanley trial Tuesday has reopened old wounds for them, after seeing graphic photographs from the crime scene today.
Stanley is facing a charge of second degree murder related to the fatal shooting of Colten Boushie, of Red Pheasant First Nation, on Stanley’s Biggar area farm yard in Aug. 2016.
Boushie’s family said it has been harrowing for them to see pictures from the scene of the incident shown as evidence during the trial.
“It’s definitely been a tough morning to watch these pictures of my nephew lying on the ground like that,” said Alvin Baptiste, Colten Boushie’s uncle. “Seeing it again, it hurts. The pictures are pretty graphic – my nephew laying there, and the blood splattered over the vehicle, it’s reopening the wounds again. We are trying to move forward in life, but we are trying to get through this trial first before we can start going towards the healing process. We take one day at a time here.”