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The Family That was Murdered and Set On Fire

Murdered and then set on fire, who was the Klaus Family’s enemy? And what happened to the missing deer head?

The Mystique
7 min readSep 28, 2021
Sandra and Frank Klaus | Photo Credits: Red Deer

On Sunday the 8th December 2013, cold, dreary morning on the chilly land of farmers in Alberta, something went drastically array. A fire station in Castor, Alberta, received a disturbing call. A truck full of these men rushed towards a farmhouse that was reported to have gone up in flames. The sight that greeted them could only be described as gruesome at best.

A Crime Scene or a Bonfire?

The Klaus House | Photo Credits: Podtail

Receiving a call around 7 in the morning, a truck of firefighters loaded up and struggled to make its way on the roads that were glazed over with snow, dangerous and foreboding. Upon reaching there, the first dead body they encountered was that of a dog. Maliciously killed with a blow to his head, the chocolate-colored lab retriever lay on the grounds of the burning farmhouse, a mere distance away from the inferno. A few feet from the dog lay a red plastic can, still smoking from the flames, still with a bit of gasoline in it.

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The Mystique
The Mystique

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A passionate writer of true crime and unsolved mysteries. I am all about learning and making a positive impact on world.

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