A B.C. Supreme Court Justice found 25-year-old Zain Xavier Wood guilty of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing a Prince George, B.C., mother in front of her two children in 2023.

Justice Michael Tammen agreed with Crown prosecutors that 22-year-old Isabelle Thomas was murdered in her home at the Alpine Village townhouse complex in Prince George, in front of her six-year-old and six-month-old daughters in a deliberate and planned manner.

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The courtroom heard that Wood was inside the townhouse for approximately 35 seconds and killed Thomas on the second floor, stabbing her 16 times.

“The attack was brutal, susta

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