A dangerous offender who escaped during an escorted visit to an Alberta powwow on Saturday has a history of “brutal” and “sadistic” violent assaults, according to documents from the Parole Board of Canada.
Moosomin was at a powwow at the Samson Cree First Nation in Maskwacis south of Edmonton Saturday evening when he walked away from the elder escorting him. RCMP have issued a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.
In 1994, Darrell Moosomin, 54, confined and tortured a woman for eight hours before she was able to escape, according to a parole board decision from May 2016 which denied him requests for full parole, day parole or the right to unescorted temporary absences.
“The victim suffered injuries and trauma to most of her body which required medical attention,” the parole board documents say. “You injured your victim in the groin area and sewed her up without anaesthetic.You also hung (her) by the neck.”
The documents say Moosimin’s other offences include sexually assaulting a woman and her two young children, and assaulting a man so badly his leg needed to be amputated.
When the parole board asked him why he was so violent to one of his victims, Moosomin said he wanted her to feel the pain and hurt he felt for her infidelity.
74 convictions include sexual assault of girl
Moosomin has been convicted 74 times for offences, including assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, aggravated sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering threats. His sexual assault conviction was for fondling a school-aged girl.
He was designated a dangerous offender in 2008. He was been denied full parole 10 times since 1997. His requests for day parole have been turned down four times since 2010.
In a decision issued in May 2016, the parole board rejected Moosomin’s request for full or day parole and for unescorted temporary absences.
Although his behaviour in prison had improved, that did not mitigate his long history of brutally violent behaviour, the parole board said.
It was premature to grant parole as he would pose an “undue” risk, the board concluded. Unescorted temporary absences were also risky.
“Based on all the available information, the board is of the opinion that you will be reoffending, present an undue risk to society during the absence,” the board said.
Moosomin was first allowed to be out on escorted temporary absences (ETAs) in 2006. He completed 47 ETAs while in medium security. He was transferred to a minimum security institution in Maskwacis last year.