Family of Sudbury murder victim wants ‘justice’ not ‘vengeance’

By Hugh Kruzel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Sudbury Star Note: Aspects of this story might be disturbing to some readers. Felicity Altiman didn’t just viciously stab Robert Keskinen to death, she sought to ‘degrade, disfigure and dehumanize’ him, a Crown prosecutor told the killer’s sentencing hearing. Now 44, Altiman was convicted of second-degree murder last year. She received an automatic life sentence of 25 years; Justice R. Dan Cornell must now decide when Altiman becomes eligible for parole. Arriving in leg and arm restraints, Altiman sat quietly on Monday, through impact statements made by Edward Arnold Keskinen – older brother to the victim – and cousin Richard Allan Keller. Keller recounted how the victim was “kind, considerate and well respected.” He called the murder in a Kathleen Street apartment…

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