A man who planned to play Santa at a local swap meet during the holidays has sparked outrage and prompted a business to apologize to the victim’s family.

Robert Selland , who killed his wife, Carol Selland, in 2011, was released from Western State Hospital under conditional release last year.

Selland announced on Facebook his plan to be Santa at a swap meet outside Taqueria El Carbon from late November through December.

Cheryl Gacek, Carol’s sister, expressed her shock and pain, saying, “I couldn’t imagine a child sitting on a murderer’s lap. I wouldn’t want that for my child.”

Gacek and her family have been struggling with the trauma of losing Carol. She expressed her pain, saying, “She can’t breathe another breath of fresh air.”

The family was shocked to learn that Selland was plan

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