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Ralph Bernard Shaw Dies in B.C. Prison After Faro Murders

Correctional Service Canada said Ralph Bernard Shaw, 65, died in custody while serving a life sentence for killing two Faro residents and wounding another.

  • Ralph Bernard Shaw, a 65-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for the murders of two residents in Faro, Yukon, died Wednesday at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, according to Correctional Service Canada.
  • During a violent spree in 2021, Shaw murdered his estranged wife, 42-year-old Saengduean Honchaiyaphum, and acquaintance 73-year-old Patrick McCracken in the small Yukon town.
  • At the Yukon Supreme Court on November 7, 2024, Shaw received a life term for the murders and 10 years for aggravated assault of a third victim whom he shot seven times.
  • The CSC has not disclosed the cause of death but is reviewing the circumstances of Shaw's death in custody, with the coroner notified as required by standard protocols.
  • Faro's chief administrative officer described the killings in a victim impact statement as significantly altering the town's social fabric; the community has a population estimated between 500 and 600 residents.
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Yukon man who killed wife and acquaintance dies in B.C. prison

A man who began a shooting rampage by killing his ex-wife in her Faro, Yukon, home has died in prison just a few years after he began his life sentence.

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