By Brieanna Charlebois The murderer of a man whose brother was later arrested for the Lapu Lapu festival attack that killed 11 people in April 2025 has called it a “ripple effect” from his own crime 15 months earlier. Dwight Kematch, who pleaded guilty to the January 2024 second-degree murder of Alexander Lo in July, told his B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing in Vancouver that what followed the killing was a “horrendous tragedy.” “I deeply apologize for what I’ve done,” he told the court Friday. The hearing was attended by video by Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is charged with 11 counts of murder and 31 charges of attempted murder over the festival attack. Kematch, who stabbed Alexander Lo to death after meeting him via the gay dating app Grindr, said…
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