On October 24, 2002, at approximately 9:30 p.m. staff at the Edmonton Institution became aware of a disturbance inside a cell.
Upon checking, Roland SIMARD was found beaten and strangled to death.
Roland was serving two life sentences for murders and an additional 20 years for the attempted murder of a prison guard at the time of his death. The inmates living on the unit where he was murdered were locked down during the investigation, but no charges were laid.