Dalen was convicted in 2006 of murdering his former counselor David Bland, 62, who a year earlier was found stabbed to death outside the mental health office where he worked.
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Correctional Services Canada is investigating the death of inmate Roy Dalen at the Pacific Institution.
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Dalen, 66, was serving life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for first-degree murder. He died on March 27.
Dalen was convicted in 2006 of murdering his former counselor, David Bland, 62, who a year earlier was found stabbed to death outside the Richmond mental health office where he worked.
Bland was stabbed six times while in a Richmond parking lot. As he lay dying, he called 911 on his cell phone and told the operator that Dalen had attacked him.
During the trial, the court was told that Dalen was angry with the social worker after he told police that Dalen wanted to kill the woman who had fired him from his job at a gas station in 1999.
Dalen held a grudge against Bland for years, leading to the revenge attack.
As is the practice, Correctional Services will investigate. Dalen’s relatives have been notified.
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