Clifford Stauffer was a self-taught tradesman whose projects included houses, airplanes and miniature semi-trucks. A horseman and motorcyclist, he acquired his last bike and horse at 81. He would only get two years of enjoyment out of them. At age 83, in the early hours of June 2021, a group of four to five adults drove up to his rural Alberta home, bludgeoned him to death and lit his house on fire with his body inside. Then, they stole his van.

Only three members of that group were charged for the brutal killing (second-degree murder), and only two were convicted (manslaughter). Those two, Linden Buffalo and Donovan Lightning, were sentenced in 2024 to less than two years in jail. Lightning was already out by June. We know this because he was arrested for committing more crimes a

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