Man convicted in Halloween-night death appealing murder sentence
Posted September 19, 2014 2:08 pm.
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ARMSTRONG (NEWS1130) – The man convicted of killing an 18-year-old Armstrong woman has filed an appeal of his first-degree murder conviction.
Matthew Foerster was found guilty in April and began serving a life sentence for the death of Taylor Van Diest.
She was found near death on some train tracks on Halloween night in 2011.
Her mother, Marie Van Diest, says the appeal is part two of a nightmare and she can’t stand the thought of the whole case resurfacing.
Foerster’s father, Stephen Foerster, was sentenced in May to three years in prison for trying to help his son evade police.
BC Supreme Court heard Foerster bought his son identification and helped him escape to Ontario.
