2021Feb08 – Worth the wait …

One of the repeated questions in the many interviews that I have had in the past few days has been ‘Did I ever think extradition wouldn’t happen?’. Honestly – I have to say that most of the time, I was confident it would happen but there were times when I had some doubts. The length of time, the signatures of approval needed, the appeals that went through the courts from Mr Coban … well, who wouldn’t have their doubts. But it happened … on December 7, 2020. I was in my work office ready to leave and the phone rang. It was the RCMP telling me that Mr Coban was being extradited to Canada. That piece of news brought by body systems back to the shock I felt on October 10, 2012. The night that Amanda died by suicide. I carefully asked when he would be extradited and was told that the plane had just landed and that he was being taken into Canadian custody. It took me a few weeks to bring myself back to whatever ‘normal’ is in my life. BUT, some things are definitely worth waiting for. … CT