Today, a man, Hamed Shafia, who was involved in the tragic murder of his three sisters and another woman over 17 years ago, is facing a parole hearing.
Hamed Shafia’s intentions for release from the Parole Board of Canada remain unclear at this time. In 2012, Shafia, along with his parents, was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his teenage sisters and his father’s first wife in a polygamous marriage.
The bodies of the victims were discovered in a car submerged in the Rideau Canal in Kingston, Ontario, in June 2009. The trial judge attributed the killings to the Shafia family’s distorted notion of honor.
Originally from Afghanistan, the Shafia family had relocated to Montreal, where the father had built a successful business empire. Despite Shafia’s argument that he was too young to be tried as an adult, his appeal was rejected by Ontario’s top court following his conviction.
The Supreme Court of Canada also declined to review the case in 2017.
This update was provided by The Canadian Press on September 18, 2026.
