Chris Gobin, the Orléans teen accused of killing his mom in April, is one step closer to trial after waiving his preliminary inquiry on Friday.
The high schooler was tackled and arrested on a neighbour’s lawn on April 22 shortly after his father arrived home and discovered his longtime wife, Luce Lavertu, dead. Someone had slit her throat.
In the months leading to his arrest, friends and family said Gobin had become withdrawn, suffered from depression and missed school regularly.
In an online survey, the accused wrote that he hated going to school and when asked one of the worst things he could possibly hear, he typed “your mom died.”
Gobin, 18, is charged with first-degree murder and returns to court in February. He is awaiting trial at the Innes Road jail and none of the allegations have been proved in court. A preliminary inquiry — which the accused has waived — is a hearing to determine if there’s enough evidence to warrant a trial.
