Curtis Rideout was sentenced to life in prison without a hope for parole for 12 years.
Rideout appeared in Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday, May 5. He was scheduled to go to trial for the second-degree murder of his father Bruce Rideout and the first-degree murder of Lenette Tammy Euteneier. The two were found deceased in a Hanna residence in March of 2012.
On Monday, Curtis Rideout changed his plea to guilty for the second-degree murder of Lenette Euteneier and the manslaughter of Bruce Rideout.
Early in the morning on March 8, 2012, Curtis Rideout in hysterics, asked a friend to call the police. When the police arrived, the story of the night before unfolds.
According to an agreed statement of facts, the day before Curtis and his father Bruce spent the afternoon together at Bruce’s home. They attended to Euteneier’s home for dinner. They socialized and drank, and then at about 10 p.m. returned to Bruce home to continue partying.
At about 2 a.m. matters took a turn for the worse. Bruce produced a muzzle black powder rifle and taunted Curtis. In the end Euteneier and Bruce Rideout lay dead.
The court heard victim impact statements from both the family of Bruce Rideout and of Euteneiers. Bruce’s brother Boyd read a number of statements from the family on their behalf.
"Because you could not back down…now two people are dead,” read the former RCMP officer.
When Euteneier’s youngest son read his victim impact statement, he asked Rideout to look at him while delivering his statement.
Crown prosecutor Ron Peterson and defense council Hugh Sommerville presented a joint submission of a life sentence for the second-degree murder of Lenette Euteneier, and a seven-year sentence for manslaughter of Bruce Rideout, to be served concurrently.
Sommerville spoke on behalf of Curtis, who wished to tell the families “there was nothing more he could do but plead guilty and accept the life sentence.”
Justice A.G. Park described Curtis’s actions as “reckless and criminal…that took way two lives.” Park recognized that while Curtis's father taunted him to pull the trigger, it was not an excuse, but did provide some reason.
Justice Park agreed with the joint submission for a life sentence, with no parole for 12 years.