Penny Boudreau, the Nova Scotia woman who killed her 12-year-old daughter in 2008, has been granted day parole.
That means she will live in a halfway house, a community-based residential facility, for six months.
Boudreau strangled her daughter, Karissa, on Jan. 27, 2008. The woman initially tried to cover it up but later plead guilty in court to second-degree murder. She told the court she wanted the daughter out of the way because of a relationship Boudreau had with a boyfriend.
Her six-month day parole comes after she was granted a 60-day pass earlier this year to leave the prison without an escort.
According to the Parole Board of Canada, she will face several release conditions, which require her to report any relationships with men to her parole officer and to follow her mental health treatment plan. She is also not allowed to have any contact with some of her daughter’s family members. Their identities are protected from publication.
