No changes to child killer Allan Schoenborn’s extension to leave: review board

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story had stated that Allan Schoenborn will not be allowed an extension on his 28-day unescorted leave into the community. The story has been corrected to read that there are no changes to Schoenborn’s extension to leave.

The BC Review Board has ruled that there will be no changes to child killer Allan Schoenborn’s extension to leave unescorted into the community.

Schoenborn  — now legally named Ken John Johnson — has been living in the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam since he was found not criminally responsible for the 2008 killing of his three children in Merritt in 2010.

The review board decision document, shared by a representative of the family, Dave Teixeira, says Schoenborn remains a “high risk” and will keep his current up to 28-day unescorted leave.

Schoenborn, a.k.a. Johnson, was appealing to extend that leave.

His leave comes with a number of conditions, including that he not possess any weapons, drugs, or alcohol, but he will be allowed to have overnight stays in the community for the purpose of “assisting in his reintegration into society.”

Teixeira tells CityNews that the killer is also on a waitlist for access to Coast Therapy Cottages, which have reportedly less supervision and are “a step closer to being discharged.”

“The next step would be to go to — again, my words — a ‘halfway house’ that would be outside of the hospital setting. And then from there, we would see a full discharge,” said Teixeira.

“Now, I still believe that we’re about three to five years away from that. But the fact that he’s on that path is concerning. Because what we’ve seen almost every time for Schoenborn in 16 years is that as he gets his privileges, he doesn’t get them taken away. He just maintains them and then continues to add to those privileges, much to the dismay of the family. And unfortunately, it’s going to be a disaster once he gets his full discharge and some time.”

Schoenborn, a.k.a. Johnson, was first granted the ability to request up to 28 days of unescorted leave in March 2022.