A British Columbia mother, Lisa Batstone, convicted of second-degree murder for killing her eight-year-old daughter, Teagan Batstone, by smothering her with a plastic bag, has passed away in prison.
Lisa Batstone was serving an indeterminate life sentence since September 2019. The B.C. Court of Appeal rejected her appeal for a reduced sentence in May 2022, following an earlier attempt to overturn her conviction in October 2021.
The Correctional Service of Canada is reviewing the circumstances of her death.
Teagan’s body was discovered in the back of a car in South Surrey on Dec. 10, 2014. The B.C. Supreme Court judge found that Lisa Batstone intended to smother her daughter before a failed suicide attempt, driven by a selfish desire to hurt her ex-husband and prevent Teagan from being with him after her death.
Despite suffering from mental health issues, the judge concluded that Lisa Batstone’s actions were not significantly mitigated by her conditions, and she attempted to shift blame in notes and lies to psychiatrists.