The trial in the murder of Ron Worsfold has been rescheduled for this fall, more than five years after his death.
Beryl Musila was originally scheduled to stand trial for the murder of the St. Albert senior starting April 14, 2020, at Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton. However, the trial was delayed until fall 2021 and has now been delayed again until Oct. 3-28, 2022.
Musila is facing charges of first-degree murder and indignity to human remains in the death of 75-year-old Worsfold.
Worsfold’s daughter, Stacey Worsfold, said in a recent interview with The Gazette, she feels the court case doesn’t really matter in terms of getting answers about what happened to her father.
“We put a lot of expectations on our justice system, failing to realize that the justice system isn't even for us. It's not for the survivors. It's for the person who was injured, and they're dead,” Stacey said.
The court proceedings won’t bring back her father, she said, but will only cause his family to relive their trauma.
She said the trial is hanging over the family's heads.
“You can’t imagine how many court appearances I attended just because they were court appearances,” Stacey said.
“To finally say that it is done with and over is a good thing. Everyone needs closure in order to move on.”
Stacey said she won’t let the way her father died define him or his life.
She remembers her father as her best friend and a kind, loving, and generous person. She said he was always eager to help those around him and during the Fort McMurray fires. Worsfold, who worked at one of the Petro-Canada stations in St. Albert, paid for the gas of those fleeing the fires. When Worsfold was pumping gas, he always had lollipops to give the kids in the cars.
“He was the type that would give the shirt off his back to help,” Stacey said.
Musila faced a preliminary inquiry in March and April 2018, after which the judge ordered her to stand trial.
Worsfold went missing on July 7, 2017, and his body was found in a rural area of Parkland County near Stony Plain on July 9, 2017.
There is a publication ban on all materials presented during the preliminary inquiry.
