The Nunn Commission examined the events of October 14, 2004, in which Theresa McEvoy, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a 52-year-old teacher's aide and mother of three boys, was killed when the car she was travelling in was broadsided by another vehicle.
The other car had been stolen and was being driven at high speeds by a serial young offender who had been mistakenly released from jail just two days previously.
After consuming large amounts of cannabis, Billard drove the car at a high rate of speed through downtown Halifax where he struck McEvoy.
In the investigation following McEvoy's death it was determined that Billard, though only 16, was already facing multiple charges at the time he stole the car, and had been released from custody only two days earlier.
[6] The Nunn Commission's findings have been cited[7] as a significant factor in proposed changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.