The ex-girlfriend of Barry McQuarrie called CTV News from protective custody to beg the armed and dangerous murder suspect to end his two-week flight from the law so she and her kindergarten-age daughter can go home.
The woman, whom CTV News is only identifying by her first name, Pamela, said she was in the arms of murder victim Greg Quesnelle when he was shot – an act she believes was sparked by jealousy between the two men.
“What’s wrong with you?” Pamela said she'd ask McQuarrie if given the chance. “Do you know how many lives you’ve ruined by being jealous and not being able to let go?”
Police warn McQuarrie, a suspect in the May 12 murder, is armed and dangerous and not to be approached. McQuarrie called the CTV newsroom Sunday to taunt police and say he has no plans to turn himself in.
Pamela said McQuarrie used to be kind to her while in prison – where he was for much of their relationship, which lasted more than a year. But once he was out he changed. Documents show McQuarrie was charged with assaulting her in 2012.
“It’s the drugs I’m sure. When he’s in jail he’s a totally different person. Once he gets out and starts with the heroin, it’s all downhill from there,” she said.
“I broke up with Barry. Barry was not too thrilled with that. He didn’t want to accept it.”
She moved into a Cloverdale townhouse with Quesnelle, but said the two men fought. Both she and McQuarrie referred to an incident where McQuarrie brandished bear spray about a week before the murder.
Pamela said she and Quesnelle were in the kitchen on the night of May 12, baking cookies, when she heard – and felt – a gunshot.
“He hit the ground. We both did. I ran for the phone. He started crawling in the kitchen on his arms. He said, ‘I can’t feel my legs,’” she said.
Pamela thought he would survive – and was crushed when she heard what happened in the hospital.
“I lost my mind. Insane. I lost my mind. I couldn’t even talk. I was hysterical,” she said.
When McQuarrie called the CTV newsroom last weekend, he claimed he didn’t kill anyone and said he just wanted to enjoy his summer.
“This is a cat and mouse game. I’m not handing myself in to the cops because I’m not getting myself out when I get arrested. So they have to do their jobs and find me,” he said.
It’s not the first time McQuarrie’s been on the run. Police locked down a school in 2005 after he apparently shot another man. Pamela says that was over a woman as well, the mother of his child.
Police wouldn’t comment on the call from Pamela, but reiterated that they believe he should turn himself in.
CTV News chose not to identify her by her full name, but verified her identity using various online sources and a conversation with another person with knowledge of some of the events.
McQuarrie is not charged in the murder but is wanted on several outstanding warrants.
