Kai-ji Adam Lo, charged Sunday with eight counts of murder, had dozens of interactions with police related to his deteriorating mental health. The man who allegedly plowed through a crowd enjoying a Filipino festival in southeast Vancouver Sunday, killing 11, lost his brother to murder last year. Kai-ji Adam Lo, charged Sunday with eight counts of murder, had dozens of interactions with police related to his deteriorating mental health.
Last year he wrote on a fundraising page to cover his brother Alexander’s funeral costs that “it pains me deeply to put these words down, but my brother has been taken from us in a senseless act of violence, something we never saw coming.”
“Our reality has abruptly shifted. Despite our disagreements, the harsh truth that he’s no longer with us hits me with an overwhelming force,” Adam Lo said.
The body of Alexander Lo, 31, was found in a home near Knight Street and East 33rd Avenue about 1 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2024.
Dwight William Kematch, 39, was arrested at the house and later charged with second-degree murder. Lo wrote about how devastated his family was as he thanked donors for contributing more than $9,000 for his brother’s funeral. “I’m burdened with remorse for not spending more time with him,” he said. “I implore you to keep his soul in your thoughts and prayers.”
Months later, in August, he again asked the public for donations to help his family after his mother attempted suicide and ended up in hospital for a month.
“The unimaginable grief brought upon my mother is something that is worse than my own sadness. For she brought him into this world, only for him to leave abruptly, it is a sadness I cannot being to express,” he said. “She lost a son already and is on the verge of losing her home. This has driven her to attempt to take her own life.”
Source: cbc.ca/news
