Calgary stabbings: Funerals for 3 of 5 victims set for Monday

Funeral serviceshave been arranged for three of the five young adultsstabbed to death in Calgary earlier this week.

Jordan Segura, Kaitlin Perras and Joshua Hunter will be laid to rest on Monday, nearly a week after what Calgarypolice Chief policeRick Hanson has called the worst mass killing in the city's history.

It's alleged Matthew de Grood, the son ofCalgary police Insp. Douglas de Grood,stabbed the five students at an end-of-yeargathering in the northwest community of Brentwood around 1:20 a.m. MTTuesday before fleeing.

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Matthew de Groodwas apprehended shortly after bypolice with help from the K-9 unit, andhas beencharged withfive counts of first-degree murderin the deaths of Segura, 22, Perras, 23, Hunter, 23, LawrenceHong, 27, and ZackariahRathwell, 21.

Here are the funeral services and other information announced so far:

• Segura: A public visitation will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT at McInnis & Holloway on Centre Street. His funeral will take place at10 a.m. MTMondayat the same location. Condolences may be forwarded through the funeral home's website. A tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park in Segura's memory.
• Perras: A public visitation will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT at McInnis& Holloway's Park Memorial Chapel. Her funeral will take place at 1 p.m. MTat First Alliance Church in southeast Calgary, and attendees are encouraged to wear colourful attire. (Her family has also set up a memorial scholarship in her name at Counterpoint Dance Marda Loop. They ask that in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to donate money to the scholarship fund do so at any TD branch by referencing the Kaiti Perras Love of Dance Scholarship Fund.)
• Hunter: A public visitation will be held at Foster's Garden Chapel on Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. MT His funeral will take place at 2 p.m. MTat Christ Church in the southwest followed by a gathering at the Priddis Community Hall in Priddis, Alta. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via the Fister's Garden Chapel website.

Two of the five victims lived at the house where the killings happened, Calgary police spokesmanKevin Brookwell said on Thursday.

Brookwell said deGrood knew at least one person at the party a family friend, known bythe 22-year-oldfor a long time.

Psychiatric assessment may be requested

Police are investigating the text messages deGrood sent and received before the stabbings occurred.

He is currently being held at a secure psychiatric facility.

De Grood'slawyer, Allan Fay, says he is not aware of any mental-health concerns with his client, and that de Grood has not been placed under suicide watch.

A court-ordered psychological assessment has not yet taken place, but Fay says he understands the Crown prosecutor may request one at de Grood's next court appearanceon Tuesday.

There have been reports that de Grood's mother had called police before the stabbings happened early Tuesday morning after receiving some worrying text messages,but Fay could not confirm that information.

Becausede Grood's father workswith the Calgary police force, Crown prosecutors are being brought in from Edmonton to handle the case.

Gregg Lepp of Crown Prosecutor Services says that is to ensure impartiality.

"We would do the same thing if it were the son, or daughter or relative of a prosecutor or a judge or a well-known defence lawyer things of that sort," Lepp said. "So that's why. Not that there would be a conflict, but just so the public has absolute confidence that there's no personal stake in this whatsoever."

Neil Wiberg and Stephanie Brown have been named as the two prosecutors assigned to the case.