Warning: This story contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some readers.
One of two men convicted in the shocking murder of a Langford teen has once again been denied day parole 13 years into his life sentence.
Kimberly Proctor, who was 18 at the time, was brutally tortured, sexually assaulted, killed and disposed of in March of 2010.
Her killers, Kruse Wellwood and Cameron Moffat, invited her over to Wellwood’s home where she was raped, had her genitals mutilated, with foreign objects found in her vagina and her underwear was found in her mouth which was taped shut.
According to an open letter written by her father in 2019, Fred Proctor, Kim was bound and thrown in a freezer while she was still alive and eventually died of asphyxiation.
The next day, Moffat and Wellwood put her remains in a hockey bag and boarded a BC Transit bus to transport the body that they ultimately disposed of in a ravine near Wale Road in Langford. Here they set the body on fire and walked away.
According to Kim’s father, police told him that Wellwood and Moffat invited another young girl over that night while Kim was dying in the freezer they had forced her into. He told Victoria Buzz that police said the duo would have kept doing the same thing to other young women until they got caught.
On Monday, February 13th, Wellwood applied for an appeal to the Parole Board of Canada’s decision to deny him day parole.
Day parole allows for the participation of community-based activities on the condition that they must return nightly to a community-based residential facility or halfway house.
The main reason for the day parole denial is that the Appeal Division of the Parole Board of Canada has assessed Wellwood thoroughly and determined he has a high risk of reoffending.
“Mr. Wellwood’s emotional dysregulation has been a major setback to his progress,” reads the official appeal denial decision. “As noted in previous reports, this has led to some institutional adjustment issues.”
“Historically and throughout his sentence, he has exhibited tantrum-like behaviours, sometimes for prolonged periods lasting several hours.”
“These behaviours involve uncontrollable crying, punching or striking himself in the head, pulling his hair, punching/kicking walls or doors.”
“His physical aggression and violence are not directed at others, but rather towards himself, although sometimes involve expletives directed at others.”
There are two recorded instances of Wellwood striking himself in the head while frustrated in the last six months, according to the appeal division.
The decision found that Wellwood’s behaviour would be perceived as dangerous and unsafe by any onlookers and that was a large contributing factor in his day parole appeal denial.
The appeal division wrote that Wellwood has sought and received numerous tools, resources and care in regards to emboldening his mental health but that he ultimately needs “something rather specialized and intensive” to address his mental health concerns.
In addition to this, Wellwood wrote in his own appeal application to the denial of his day parole that he has no family support, no financial resources and his designated community support was concerned with Wellwood’s stability and suitability for reintegration.
Wellwood first applied for day parole on August 14th, 2019 and was denied. Since then he has applied for full parole as well in 2020 and 2022, when he was also denied both times.
