Preliminary inquiries are hearings at which a provincial court judge determines whether there is enough evidence for an accused person to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court. Evidence presented at the hearing is protected by a court-ordered ban on publication.
In 2019,, White was presented with a Best New Manuscript Award from Castle Quay Books Canada, a Christian publisher based in the Toronto area. His book, Dancing on a Razor, was celebrated in the Canadian Christian non-fiction genre. White was stabbed to death in Kamloops on March 29, 2020.
Palmer, 44, has been in custody since the early-morning hours of March 29, 2020, not long after Kevin White was stabbed to death inside a Carson Crescent apartment. Palmer is accused of killing White, 59, and stabbing three other men inside the suite — a pair of brothers, ages 62 and 58, and a 21-year-old man.