On January 16th, a man accused of the murder of Alexander Lo in Vancouver, Canada in 2024 was sentenced to life imprisonment (with no possibility of parole for 13 years) for second-degree murder. Lo’s younger brother is Kai-Gee Adam Lo, also accused of the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival massacre in April 2025, in which 11 people were killed.
The incident occurred in January 2024. According to an agreed statement of facts read out in court, Law and Dwight Kematch met on a dating app and met at Kematch’s home in Vancouver. However, for some reason, Kematch became enraged and, while drunk, assaulted Law with his fists, a hammer, and a knife. Kematch’s family called the police, but Law was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kematch, who has previous convictions for theft, animal cruelty and arson, suffered physical and sexual abuse and neglect growing up, partly because of colonization of Indigenous people, according to his defense attorney, Jim Heller.
He has apologized to Low’s family and described the Lapu-Lapu Day incident as “a ripple effect of my actions.”
Meanwhile, after Law’s death, his mother, Lisa, attempted suicide and was hospitalized, and defendant Kai-Gee Adam Law reportedly supported her through that time.
Defendant Kai-Gee Adam Lo is scheduled to appear in court in February in connection with the Lapulapu Day case.