Notorious B.C. killer pregnant, in prison
• She is one of B. C.’s best- known killers — found guilty of brutally beating and drowning a teenage girl under a Victoria bridge in 1997.
Now Kelly Marie Ellard is about to become a mother.
Despite serving a life sentence for killing Reena Virk, 14, Ellard is now about eight months pregnant, Postmedia News has learned.
The father is a man with gang links who was out on day parole when he was allowed the intimate visits with Ellard in the spring.
Darwin Dorozan, 41, was granted full parole in August, but it has since been revoked after an alleged breach.
The Parole Board of Canada said in its Aug. 3 ruling releasing Dorozan “there are concerns about your relationship with your girlfriend, who is pregnant.”
Although Ellard, 33, is not identified in the documents, Postmedia News has confirmed with several sources she i s Dorozan’s pregnant girlfriend.
Dorozan was given credit by the two- person panel for being “open and accountable about the relationship,” the parole ruling says.
But it adds he “will likely face significant stress relating to the birth of your child.”
Dorozan is s er vi ng a seven- year, two- month sentence after pleading guilty in 2012 to 11 counts of break and enter, and break and enter with intent to finance a heroin addiction.
“Some of the residences were occupied and during a confrontation with a male victim, you sprayed him in the face about five times with bear spray,” the board noted.
Ellard was tried three times before she was convicted in 2005. She was first found guilty in 2000, but the B. C. Court of Appeal ordered a new trial. The second time, the jury couldn’t reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared. She was convicted of seconddegree murder in the third trial.
Though she was 15 when she killed Virk, Ellard was tried in adult court and was sentenced to life with no hope of parole for seven years.
In May, the parole board denied her day parole, saying although she was finally admitting some responsibility for Virk’s death, there was “ongoing minimization” of her crime.
The two board members added they were concerned about her admitted drug use in prison, and “your lack of insight into why you committed the murder and your sense of entitlement with respect to parole.”
The ruling referred to Ellard’s relationship with Dorozan, though he was not named.
“You have family support and the support of your boyfriend,” it said. “Your boyfriend is a federal parolee but in community assessment No. 6 he is assessed by ( the Correctional Service of Canada) as a positive source of support.”
The parole board did note the progress Ellard has made in recent years — quitting her drug habit, improving her education and working in the prison’s library.
The Vancouver Sun has learned the couple got to know each other as pen pals, writing for more than a year before being allowed to have a private visit.
The Correctional Service of Canada refused to comment on Ellard or her pregnancy.
“The Privacy Act prevents us from discussing the specifics of an offender’s case,” spokeswoman Audrey Jacques said.
But, speaking generally, she said federal inmates are eligible for private family visits if t hey and t heir visitors meet certain criteria.
The visits take place in a separate building in a prison complex and can occur every two months for up to 72 hours at a time.
No one is commenting on what will happen to the baby, given both parents are in prison.
Ellard’s mother, Susan Pakos, refused to comment when contacted by Postmedia News.
“I have no comment on that whole subject and I would appreciate it if no one ever contacted me or my family again,” Pakos said. “I am not confirming whether it is true or not.”
S he said her f a mil y and the Virks “have been through a lot and should be left alone.
“I wish the media and everyone would just let this case rest and everybody just get on with their lives,” Pakos said.
The correctional service provides pregnant inmates with prenatal and postnatal care. Babies can stay with their mothers under a program that began in 1997.
“The program is intended to foster positive relationships between federally incarcerated women and their children by providing a supportive environment that promotes stability and continuity for the mother-child relationship and to assist in the rehabilitation and successful reintegration of these women offenders,” Jacques said.
Cases are assessed on an individual basis.
Now that Dorozan is back in jail, the couple would not be allowed to meet because a Correctional Service policy says “an inmate is not eligible to participate in private family visits with other inmates,” she added.
Dorozan’s parole was revoked in mid- August, after police say he was spotted with a criminal associate in violation of his parole conditions.
I WISH THE MEDIA ... WOULD JUST LET THIS CASE REST.