Locksmith says home in triple murder could have been accessed in minutes
CALGARY — An intruder could have broken into the home where a Calgary couple and their five-year-old grandson disappeared in a matter of minutes, a lock expert testified Thursday.
“Obviously it’s dependant on the skill of the individual, but it is a-minute-to-five-minute job,” said Monte Salway, a master locksmith who works for Schlage in the U.S., and is familiar with the lock on the home of Alvin and Kathy Liknes.
“Drilling into that particular material — it does not provide that much resistance around a high speed drill bit and in your typical battery powered handheld drill,” he testified at the Douglas Garland murder trial.
Garland, 56, is on trial on three counts of first-degree murder after the couple and five-year-old Nathan vanished from the couple’s Calgary home. Their bodies have not been recovered.