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Home where Merritt man killed his 3 children to be demolished

The Canadian Press Published Friday, January 30, 2015 5:34AM PST Last Updated Friday, January 30, 2015 12:31PM PST

Schoenborn children Kaitlynne, Max and Cordon

From left, Kaitlynne Schoenborn, 10, Max Schoenborn, 8, and Cordon Schoenborn, 5, are shown in a composite image made from pictures at the memorial wall in Merritt, B.C. on Thursday, April 10, 2008. (Terry Theodore / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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MERRITT, B.C. - A city councillor in Merritt, B-C says a dilapidated home where three children were killed by their father almost seven years ago is too much for the community to bear.

Kurt Christopherson says the matter of Allan Schoenborn's former home was on the city's radar for some time before council ordered it destroyed this week.

Schoenborn stabbed his daughter and then smothered his sons at their home in April 2008, leaving their bodies to be found by their mother.

A resolution passed by council says the home is uninhabitable and abandoned and the city has received many complaints about its poor condition since 2012.

It says the city tried unsuccessfully over the past few years to have the owners remedy the situation.

The property has been declared a nuisance and the city says the owners have until March 15th to destroy and remove the building or the city can do it and send them a bill.