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This is part three of a three-part series. It'll make a whole lot more sense if you've already

listened to parts one and two. And while not the focus of the case, it mentions the hunting and

killing of animals, as well as the grooming and sexual assault of a minor. Please take care when

listening. Where we left off, the Mr. Big operation was deemed a success, and Jason Klaus had been

arrested for the first-degree murder of his parents,

Gordon and Sandra Klaus, and his sister, Monica Klaus. His associate, Joshua Frank, was also

arrested on the same charges. After hours of separate interrogation, they both admitted to knowing

what was going to happen

that night, but told different stories about their own involvement, and these new stories were

different to the one they had given to Mr. Big.

Jason Clouser's latest story was that he'd been under the impression that the plan was just

to steal his father's pickup truck,

so he was shocked when Joshua changed his mind that night and told him he was going to kill

his entire family instead. Jason said he tried to save them, but he was too late.

Joshua Frank admitted to shooting the family, which was the same thing he told Mr Big.

But after his arrest, he told the RCMP he was forced to by Jason Klaus,

a man nine years older than him who had allegedly sexually assaulted him as a teenager

and controlled him through threats and blackmail after that.

As the two men waited for trial, the remaining relatives of Gordon, Sandra and Monica

Klaus arranged a celebration of their lives. An obituary published in the Stettler Independent

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