I J. Alberta Health :1 Services 17cSeplEm berclold AHE File": 60826 Dr. l. zeditova Alberta Hospital Edmonton Unit 3/5 Forensic Dr. Zedkova: lie: De amen, Matthew Douglas DOB: i7cAu'usb199] charges: First Degree Murder 5 lam providing this report to you at your request as a consultation supplement to your court ordered evaluation ol Matthew De Blood. Mr. De Grood was charged with five counts degree murder horn events dated in the early morning hours of 15 April 2014 in Calgary, Alberta. No other issues were identified in the provided relerral lniormation irorn the Crown's office. This report is provided to you based on my review at the provided documentation that is listed below. In addition. the clinical assessment of Mr. be timed occurred on the 17m or September 201., Mr, De Grood was admitted to our hospital lrorn southern Alberta Forensic Centre lor the purpose of this evaluation. Friar to starting my assessment with Mr. De "Manned him of the purpose may evaluation and limits to confidentiality. He indicated that he understood this and, with some reassurance that he was tree to not answer any questions posed to him, he proceeded with the interview, which lasted approximately two hours. He was interviewed in the presence or Dr. Avi Aulakh, our Forensic Resldenl. The inlomtation I had avzllahle to me for the purpose pithls evaluation is as lollows; - interview summary ol -- 2014 April 15th - interviewsummaryo 2014,Aprll15th . interviewsummaryo 2014,Aprll15th Mm hoaplrel Edmonton anllc weyshlatry not moo Fort Road. 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Text messa es belw rurlnis rdnsullalion I will provide background informaunn as lhis has been well documented inlhe (iles and reports from Calgary Iasked Mr. De Grood abum his life in the monlhs prior to index oiferises. He advised he was exciled but also slressed about starting law schoal in Calgary. He stared that he had a number df years where he was interested in amending law school with an interest in prosecution, and also advised lhat he was anxious about starting in a new program. He indicated lhar he did rim have much Slress from his name life suggesting rhar conflict with his sister was no! really severe or too problemanc al home. Additionally, he rEparled 'hat he was rim really angry or Slressed with his lather in spite of some the provided iniprmaiion wnerain mere appears (0 be same degree pi anger and resenimenr towards his sister and her behaviour, and nisfalner's amlude Mr. De Grood reponed that he is not exactly sure when his min .ng changed, bul it may have been ar least two weeks prior to the index offenses. He repuned he began in behave mat he was (he sun al 6011 arid also die Anubis. He reponedinar he had been reading abpur and believed mar mere had been a conspiracy involving the illuminaii, werewolves and vampires, and lharrhere was be a war. He indicated (0 us inal the music he was lisieningro aisu rerened in him as a 'hero' cllirigthe lyrics irom one oimusicai bands ihai ne posied on his Facebook account He repcriad film he had believed mat he was Dadh Vader and inai nis rainerwas on (in: side oi evil. in addition, he admined trial he began to believe that she evil side included Barsck omina and Nazis He believed mal me world was we end April 14 because there was a lull inuun that nigrn Mr De Gmod to us trial he rollid not recall being warrii'd about his Coworkers in lhe weeks before me index offense; He indicaled he (fluid not lee-1H any Significant animosny lowards his Al Wm. MriKpllal I mum-I'm a p\y[hlaUy Box 207. men Fan Road Edinpninn Albena. isl albemnealmsamcos s: Page 3 of 8 Alberta Health I Serwces coworkers but had some memory about his coworkers behaving in a negative fashion towards him- When Dressed. he could not provide further details about this. Mr. De Grood recounted that on 14 April 2014 he went to work as usual but had known that the world was 30mg to end that day. He purchased garlic to protect himself because the vampires and werewolves were on the side of evil. He admitted in our interview that his beliefs about werewolves came from the movie series, Twilight, and his beliefs about vampires came from his reading the graphic novel Cirque du Freak. He advised us he was not sure how he came to believe that he was also ?ghting medusae that night. Mr. De Grood reported to us that he believed he needed to wear gloves and carry a box cutter that night because it was his job to dismember the bodies from the war that was at hand and to dispose the bodies: before the police arrived because the police were part of the conspiracy. He advised us that he also attended the party with a knife and gave this to his friend Brendan because he believed Brendan was on the good side. He explained that his text messages prior to the assaults were to advise that he did not believe that he was meant to kill anyone, rather, he was to act like a general, directing soldiers at battle. Mr. De Grood recounted to us that he was not sure when the war was supposed to start. He stated to us that as he spoke to Zachariah he began to believe that Zachariah was a werewolf as they discussed the end of the world. He indicated that he felt Zachariah was arguing with him but he felt immediately threatened when he said "maybe you'll die before me? to Mr. De Grood. it was at this point that Mr. De Grood decided to go to the kitchen to grab the knife to arm himself before Zachariah could attack him. Mr. De (3er recounted to us that he aimed at the heart because he believed that this was the only way to kill a werewolf. Mr. De Grood reported that the four other victims were attacked because he felt that they were part of the conspiracy. He stated to us that he believed this to be true because earlier in the evening they had snubbed him, specifically that they did not socialize with him nor were they friendly. He denied that he was angry with the other four victims, suggesting that he was anxious and panicked because he thought they were on the side of evil. Mr. De Grood then recounted to us that he had suspected the war would start at the house when he ?rst arrived that night because he Interpreted some wall art that had a noose in it as a sign of the impending violence. Further, he recounted to us that he had heard male voice, who he thought was the devil, telling him to "kill them before they get you?. He advised us that he could not converse with the voice but it was directing him and warning him about others. When we asked Mr. De Grood, he reported to us that he would not have attacked his friends, including Brendan, because he believed they were on the good side. However, he had no recollection of smearing blood on his friend nor calling him a "blood brother" as he ran from the house. Mr. De Grood indicated to us that he cut his wrist afterwards because he could not trust the police. He indicated he could not recall why he destroyed his own cellular phone that night. Alberta Hospital Edmonton - Forensic Box 30?, limo Fort Rood, Edmonton, Alberta, TEJ 2J7 Page 4 of Alberta Health Sunrises There are some issues that may weigh towards malingering such as Mr. De Grood's presentation to us wherein he appeared to inform us about command hallucinations with a degree of eagerness. However, this can also be understood in that Mr. De Grood may have been trying to provide a more easily understood and less odd explanation for his behavior than the obviously preposterous delusions that might make us think poorly of his inability to use reason. We considered whether Mr. De Grood?s prior history of education in could allow him to mallnger. While this is possible, it is unlikely that an individual without intimate prior experience of treatment could so consistently present realistic sustain such over months, and then present such a realistic course of improvement. In summary, it is my opinion based on this evaluation that it is highly unlikely that Mr. De Grood has been malingering his Consideration was given to Mr. De Grood?s motivation for the offenses. In my Opinion, it is more likely than not that Mr. De Grood appreciated the nature and quality of his acts in stabbing his victims. Mr. De Grood advised that he retrieved the knife in order to assault the first victim and he intended also to assault the other four victims. However, it is my Opinion that, more likely than not, Mr. De Grood did not know, or even appreciate, that his behavior was morally wrong because he was Operating under a delusion that he was being threatened at the time. As such, from the perspective, it would appear that Mr. De Grood would have a section 16 defense available to him. Consideration was given to alternative hypotheses for Mr. De Grood's behaviour. In reviewing the collateral information, there was no suggestion that the offenses were motivated by some obvious gain for Mr. De Grood in resources, reputation, or notoriety. It is possible that the motivation for Mr. De Grood's Offenses was, in fact, anger and frustration, perhaps as a result Of being "snubbed" at the party. However, it is dif?cult to accept such an extreme reaction could be elicited from a social situation in someone with no prior severe personality pathology and functioning, and there appears to be no other major sources of stress, anger, frustration, or loss in the background to motivate such an extreme reaction. While Mr. De Grood described some anxiety about attending law school there is little to suggest that there was stress or conflict out of the ordinary for this type Of life event. Finally, collateral information has identi?ed a much more likely motivation to react so aggressively, with the overwhelming evidence of the content of the delusions before and after the Offenses. it is noted that this assessment did not consider or review the following areas: medical or somatic reasons for the findings or the behaviors a) I b) formal testing, speci?cally related to malmgenng and dissimulation c) direct interviews of collateral sources Alberta Heepital Edmonton - Forensic. Box 307, 17480 Fort Road, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2J7 Page 7 of 8 1'