{"id":94258,"date":"2025-07-02T08:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=94258"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:21:26","slug":"family-of-sudbury-murder-victim-wants-justice-not-vengeance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/family-of-sudbury-murder-victim-wants-justice-not-vengeance\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Sudbury murder victim wants &#8216;justice&#8217; not &#8216;vengeance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Hugh Kruzel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Sudbury Star Note: Aspects of this story might be disturbing to some readers. Felicity Altiman didn&#8217;t just viciously stab Robert Keskinen to death, she sought to &#8216;degrade, disfigure and dehumanize&#8217; him, a Crown prosecutor told the killer&#8217;s sentencing hearing. Now 44, Altiman was convicted of second-degree murder last year. 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