‘There Was a Plan’: Psychologist Says Saskatchewan Killer Had Psychopathic Traits

(L-R) Earl Burns’ daughters Deborah Burns and Vanessa Burns, and his wife Joyce Burns, hold a photograph of Mr. Burns during a Saskatchewan RCMP media event in Melfort, Sask., on April 27, 2023. The Canadian Press/Liam Richards

A criminal investigative psychologist says the killer behind a massacre on a Saskatchewan First Nation had many psychopathic traits and planned his stabbing rampage.

“You’ve got somebody that’s really not looking out for anybody but himself,” Matt Logan told a coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask., on Jan. 19.