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Alice Grove was the first.
On March 28, 2020, a mere 10 days after Saskatchewan declared a state of emergency and moved to a provincial lockdown when COVID-19 cases began to surface in the province, the 75-year-old North Battleford woman died in hospital.
In an interview with the StarPhoenix not long after, Groveâs sister described a woman who had been blessed with a beautiful singing voice and a skill at playing such varied instruments as the piano, organ, bagpipes and clarinet. Grove liked to keep busy, she knit and crocheted, and she regularly attended church. She was a widower who lived alone, following the death of her husband.
After being postponed by COVID-19 and arguments over punishments, another round of resentencing dates was scheduled for John William Campbell to decide his fate for killing his father with a hatchet just over 10 years ago inside his Inverness home.
During Campbellâs hearing Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, Citrus County Circuit Court Judge Richard âRicâ Howard set June 9-11 as when heâll hear lawyers mitigate and intensify the 47-year-oldâs crime.
Howard alone will then rule to either order Campbell back to death row or sentence him to a lifetime of incarceration.Â
Campbell phoned into court Wednesday from Floridaâs Union Correction Institute in Raiford.Â