‘I’m scared’: ex-partner of man linked to McCreary slayings

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The man linked to the killings of three people in a murder-suicide in a small Manitoba community was hit with a restraining order in 2023 by his estranged common-law wife — believed to be the daughter of two of the homicide victims.

The 41-year-old man found dead from a self-inflicted wound on Road 84 West Friday morning was Marlon “Mano” David Glover, the Free Press and Brandon Sun have confirmed.

A half hour after finding Glover’s body on the rural road in the municipality of McCreary, Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP officers were called to check on the well-being of a 37-year-old woman, believed to be his estranged partner. She was not at home when officers arrived.

RCMP continued on to a nearby home at Provincial Road 462 and Road 84 West in search of the woman and found the bodies of three people — a 35-year-old man, a 65-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman, the elder of whom are thought to be Glover’s parents-in-law.

All three were slain, with Glover named as the only suspect. RCMP have confirmed all the victims were related.

Community members and social media posts have identified the elder victims as Curtis and Rita Rosenkranz. The identity of the younger victim was not immediately clear. A neighbour previously told reporters the couple lived with their adult son.

A sign on the property where the victims were found reads “the Rosenkranz family.”

Glover’s estranged partner received a protection order under provincial domestic violence and stalking legislation in Dauphin’s Court of King’s Bench in November last year, court records show.

Curtis Rosenkranz is named on the documents as someone who assisted the woman in preparing the protection order.

“I just want it over with,” the woman told the court.

“I’m scared that he’s going to continuously emotionally hurt me through his messages and his words, that he’s going to keep stalking me at work — I’ve had numerous sleepless nights thinking he’s going to come knocking on my door or come barging in and I’m all alone, I have nothing to defend myself, I live out in the country by myself.”

The protection order, which was to be in effect for three years, barred Glover from following the woman, directly or indirectly communicating with her, being within 100 metres of her home or work, and entering and staying in any place she happened to be.

Glover was only allowed to be in the presence of the woman during court proceedings and official matters related to their three children.

Glover was also ordered to relinquish all firearms and ammunition to a peace officer; in the order application, the woman indicated he owned rifles.

“He’s a manipulator, he’s a narcissist, he’s controlling, he’s the whole nine yards.”– Marlon “Mano” David Glover’s estranged partner

In her hearing before a judicial justice of the peace in November, the woman accused Glover of stalking her after the couple split in July, being emotionally abusive and exhibiting coercive behaviour, which a court official called domestic violence.

The woman — who was found safe Friday and taken to hospital as a precaution — had told court she previously asked Glover not to communicate with her except on child custody matters, which she said he was not respecting.

On one occasion in November, she said, Glover parked outside a McCreary child-care centre where she worked, with their kids in the truck, and phoned asking to speak with her.

He also showed up at the house she had been living at, which security cameras captured, she said. She wasn’t home at the time.

She said he returned another day and continuously rang the doorbell, while she stayed inside fearing a confrontation.

The woman explained during the hearing that she had been a stay-at-home mother for 13 years, with Glover controlling the finances.

She had no income at the time of the split and Glover cut off all her money as well as her telecommunication services when she told him the separation was for good, she told the court.

He began threatening to blackmail her, referencing intimate images he had of her, the application reads. It also said she has “always felt” intimidated by and fearful of Glover.

“He’s a manipulator, he’s a narcissist, he’s controlling, he’s the whole nine yards,” she told the court, adding she decided to split for good when their fights began to occur in front of their children.

There had been disputes over custody of the children, the woman said, and she planned to petition for custody.

Manitoba RCMP are expected to provide an update on the case in a media briefing Wednesday.

— with files from Brandon Sun

erik.pindera@freepress.mb.ca