Accused murderer Travis Vader faces new charge
Travis Vader, the Alberta man charged with killing two missing seniors, is facing a new charge for allegedly breaking his curfew.
Camrose police Sgt. Rene Brisson said Vader was arrested Tuesday night, after the service tracking his electronic monitoring bracelet determined he was outside his residence after his 10 p.m. curfew.
The bracelet is connected to GPS and monitored by the Edmonton Police Service and a private company. When the workers noticed Vader's movements, they tried to communicate with him through the bracelet (described as a home alarm system with voice options). They notified Camrose police when Vader didn't respond.
Officers tracked the bracelet to the hospital in Camrose where Vader was arrested. He told police he had a medical emergency.
Vader was treated and released at that hospital after he was arrested. Police cannot say what his medical issue was.
Brisson says there is an exception to the curfew for medical emergencies, but police feel that exception is irrelevant in this case.
Vader was charged Wednesday with failing to comply with a condition to be "indoors at his approved residence between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily, except for medical emergencies."
He was released on his own recognizance — on $2,000 no-cash bail. Vader's court appearance for this single charge is in Camrose provincial court on April 29 at 9:30 a.m.
Vader has been in and out of jail since St. Albert seniors Lyle and Marie McCann disappeared in 2010, while travelling to B.C. Police found their burned-out motorhome near Edson, but never located the couple's remains.
In December, he was recharged with first-degree murder in the deaths of the McCanns.
He is scheduled to go to trial for that crime in March 2016.
