A 39-year-old inmate at Bowden Institution has died in custody.
Timothy John Crowe died on Monday. An RCMP spokesperson told CBC News that officers responded to the scene and deemed Crowe’s death non-suspicious.
In a press release, the Correctional Service of Canada said it would review the circumstances of Crowe’s death. They also said their next of kin had been notified.
Through a spokesperson, Crowe’s family asked for privacy when contacted by CBC News.
Crowe was serving a sentence of five years and seven months for involuntary manslaughter in the strangulation death of his estranged wife. He began serving his sentence in October 2018.
Kristi Schienmann was found dead in March 2017 in her north Edmonton apartment.
She and Crowe were separated at the time, but Crowe had returned to the apartment to pack his belongings. According to an agreed statement of facts, he and Schienmann argued and the fight turned violent.
When he was sentenced, Crowe addressed the court.
“I loved Kristi and I’m sorry for her friends and family and my family,” he said.
The victim’s mother and sister did not respond to a request for comment about Crowe’s death.
Crowe was also charged with the November 2014 second-degree murder of one of the employees who worked for his roofing company.
A tip in 2017 led to Crowe’s arrest in the death of 30-year-old David Labelle. According to a police statement, Labelle was shot early this morning inside a home in northwest Edmonton. He went to a neighbor’s house for help and was rushed to hospital, but died from his injuries.
Crowe was tried in Edmonton at the Court of Queen’s Bench, but a judge found him not guilty of all charges in November 2019.
At the time, Crowe was already serving time for involuntary manslaughter.
Labelle’s family did not respond to a request for comment about Crowe’s death in custody.