Correctional Services Canada confirmed in an email to CTV News that 67-year-old Patrice Mailloux has been “unlawfully at large” since Thursday. Laura Ann Davis, 16, was killed while closing her family’s store on November 14, 1987. Mailloux was convicted of the teenager’s death in 1988 and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years. Mailloux was granted day parole in Quebec in 2016. Davis’ sister, Brenda Davis, was on vacation in Prince Edward Island when she received a call from Correctional Services Canada last week. “I was mad. I was really mad when I found out and then I was upset,” she told CTV News. “I just sat in my trailer and cried. It’s scary. I don’t think I have any reason to be afraid, and I’m not 12 anymore, but I’m afraid of him.” Davis says all she can do at this point is wait for an update on the killer’s whereabouts. Correctional Services Canada declined to provide additional details about Mailloux, citing the Privacy Act. It said offenders on parole or statutory release are subject to “supervision requirements” and will be returned to custody if they are “believed to present a danger to the public”. The CSC can issue a warrant to suspend an offender’s parole if he violates his conditions, to prevent a violation of conditions, or for reasons of public safety. “If an offender’s risk is no longer manageable while on community supervision, their parole can either be revoked or suspended by the Parole Board of Canada (PBC), at which point they will be re-placed in a CSC institution or given additional management methods risk that will allow them to remain in the community,” CSC said in the email. “In the event that the offender’s release is suspended, a warrant is created for the offender’s arrest and communicated to our police partners, who are responsible for executing the warrant.” This is a developing story. He will be informed.
