In the spring of 2008 a British Columbia man fled his home and headed into the wilderness after stabbing his three children to death. Allan Schoenborn killed his three children in cold blood in what many believe to be an act carried out because of a failed marriage.
Shoenborn told the court that he fled into the woods with hopes of eventually dying and soon joining his recently deceased children, but was soon arrested a mere ten days after the incident.
Portrayed as a tough-talking, rugged outdoorsman, Kim Robinson gained national fame after he set out in the woods in pursuit of Shoenborn after hearing about the incident. It was Robinson who, after canvassing rural roads and ditches with his dog and rifle in tow, located the starving murderer.
Shoenborn was eventually found not criminally responsible for the heinous killings on account of a mental disorder.
Eight years after the ordeal, Robinson who remains an avid hunter and trapper, is once again in the news, but this time for the wrong reasons.
In January of 2015, conservation officer Jonathan Paquin checked in on the 59-year-old hunter while on patrol and found Robinson scanning a field. Paquin noted the faint sounds of a pack of hunting dogs in pursuit of prey were present in the distance.
As the conservation officer approached Robinson he became agitated, yelling at the officer multiple times during their encounter.
“He said he didn’t have time for this and was in a hurry,” Paquin testified
It turned out that Robinson was utilizing his cougar dogs to target a bobcat in the area without the proper licensing. He was charged with three counts under the Wildlife Act, including a charge for having an unrelated tag for a bear that was improperly marked.
Robinson argued that because he was trapping he was not required to have a special license to hunt bobcat, but under regulations, dogs cannot be used to chase along an established trap line. Dogs, such as Robinson’s cougar dogs, are to only be used under a hunting license with a special tag, both of which Robinson did not have.
H/T: Kamloops This Week
Photograph by: Gerry Kahrmann/Canwest News Service, National Post