{"id":35105,"date":"2014-12-13T04:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=35105"},"modified":"2014-12-12T23:58:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:58:04","slug":"mother-charged-with-murder-in-8-year-old-b-c-girls-death-father-devastated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/13\/mother-charged-with-murder-in-8-year-old-b-c-girls-death-father-devastated\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother charged with murder in 8 year old B.C. girl\u2019s death, father \u2018devastated\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VANCOUVER\u2014Six months ago, an international campaign called G(irls)20 posted a homemade video by the CEO of a Vancouver industrial-technology firm under the title \u201cFathers empowering daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n

The photo slideshow, set to bright music, shows a father embracing a little blond girl with a pink flower barrette. Soon comes the photo of the slightly older girl, flanked by whiteboards covered in simple math equations, and finally, the girl is seen giggling from behind daddy\u2019s big desk.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeagan will not be me … she will be better than me,\u201d reads a caption that flashes onto the screen.<\/p>\n

But that hope has now been taken from Gabe Batstone, whose daughter was found murdered on Wednesday in Surrey, B.C.<\/p>\n

Lisa Batstone, her mother, is charged with second-degree murder in the eight-year-old\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Officers with B.C.\u2019s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said they released the girl\u2019s name, Teagan Batstone, to further the investigation.<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound said the child\u2019s body was discovered in the trunk of a car in an affluent area in the large city east of Vancouver.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Gabe Batstone tweeted a link to his tribute video, along with several new photographs, saying his family was devastated by the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife will never be the same after losing my daughter to murder. Our family courts and thus we all failed #Teagan,\u201d he wrote in abbreviated social-media style.<\/p>\n

The G(irls)20 campaign was created to encourage G20 leaders to invest in girls and women.<\/p>\n

Batstone didn\u2019t respond to an interview request, tweeting publicly that he was \u201cunable to talk without sobbing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut tomorrow I hope to share great memories of my love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another tweet shows the girl in a neon pink jacket standing in a barren field next to two little boys, with the caption, \u201cBeloved daughter, sister who deserved so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man\u2019s Twitter account places him in Ottawa. His company is headquartered in Vancouver, but also has an office in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

Police said the cause of the little girl\u2019s death hasn\u2019t been confirmed and an autopsy will be conducted.<\/p>\n

Lisa Batstone was scheduled to appear in a Surrey court on Thursday. Pound said the woman has no other children.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, RCMP said they responded to a report of a \u201csuspicious circumstance\u201d in South Surrey around 12:15 p.m. They discovered a body inside a vehicle. The death was handed to the homicide squad.<\/p>\n

Police said they weren\u2019t answering questions Thursday to honour \u201cthe sensitive nature of this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the web: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1zVYUWq<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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