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By Michael Reeve

Second-degree murder trial

Jury in Carson Crescent stabbing spree trial played video, audio evidence from RCMP on third day of trial

Jun 4, 2025 | 5:10 PM

KAMLOOPS — The murder trial of Michael Wayne Palmer extended into day three of the scheduled five-week proceeding on Wednesday (June 4), with the Crown calling a pair of Kamloops RCMP officers to the stand. Palmer has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder in relation to a stabbing incident on the north shore of Kamloops back in March of 2020. The case is being heard by judge and jury.

Day three was dominated by audio and video evidence supplied by the RCMP.

The morning session began with the arresting officer, Cst. Howard Morine, on the stand. The jury was played audio from his personal audio recorder and video from the back of his RCMP cruiser, from the time of Palmer’s arrest to the time he got to cells at the Battle Street detachment.

During the recording, Palmer can be heard saying that he was “protecting my woman”, “criminals all hide here”, “scared somebody would get murdered tonight”, and at one point while in the back of the RCMP vehicle, saying, “so I killed him”.

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Cst. Morine confirmed under oath that he believed the recordings to be authentic. The defense team did not cross-examine the witness.

After the lunch break, it was Cpl. Dave Marshall of Kamloops’ Serious Crime Unit’s turn to take the stand, with the jury being shown the entirety of his hourlong interview with Palmer.

During the interview, Palmer is heard saying (the) “neighbourhood is a problem,” “I have to do something about it,” he “rescued this woman from a bad situation,” and “blacked out and lost it.”

Palmer also told police during the interview that he used two knives, one a pocket knife and the other a steak knife, saying he hid the weapons in MacArthur Island near a baseball field.

He spoke to a paranoia of living at Carson Crescent, saying he feared for his life.

At one point, Palmer was seen on the recording from the interview room, making a stabbing motion, later saying he aimed for the “carotid artery on every person to disable them” and that he didn’t know their names, saying they were just criminals and “Kamloops would appreciate these people being taken out”.

Cpl. Marshall was still on the stand when the proceeding concluded for the day. The trial is set to continue for five weeks at the Kamloops Law Courts before the jury will begin deliberations on the four charges.