Three Canadian men of Indian origin have been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of an elderly couple at their home in Abbotsford, British Columbia. According to CBC News, it has been nearly four years since the incident.B.C. Supreme Court Justice Brenda Brown on Friday found Gurkaran Singh, Abhijeet Singh and Khushveer Toor guilty in the deaths of Arnold De Jong and Joanne De Jong, who were found dead in their Abbotsford home on May 9, 2022.The judge agreed with prosecutors that the murder was planned and carried out for money.The courtroom was packed with relatives and friends of the de Jong family.Arnold, 77, and Joanne DeJong, 76, were found dead in separate bedrooms of their home on Arcadia Road in east Abbotsford. Court proceedings revealed disturbing details of the killing.Joanne was found tied to the bed and covered in blood. Pathologists determined she died from stab wounds to the neck and blunt force trauma to the head, believed to have been caused by a screwdriver and a hammer.Arnold was found in another bedroom with his hands and feet bound. His head and face were tightly wrapped with tape. The court heard he died from asphyxiation.The couple knew the three defendants before the killings. Abhijit Singh owned a cleaning company and two other men worked for him. The company had performed work at DeJong’s residence on several occasions before the murder.The trio planned to break into the couple’s home and then kill them. These individuals then used the victims’ stolen credit cards, checks, and identification to make purchases, withdraw money, and pay off debts.DNA evidence also linked the three men to the crime. Investigators found DNA in the house, on the rope that tied Arnold DeJong and on a metal baseball bat recovered from the suspect’s car.Abhijit Singh also did some searches on the internet after the news of his death came to light. The searches were “extraordinarily harsh” and included questions about how Canada punishes murderers.Defense attorneys argued throughout the trial that the killings were not planned and called the incident a robbery that got out of hand. They claim there is no direct evidence that their clients intended to kill the couple.Judge Brown rejected that argument.The judge said he was told the couple would have recognized them because they had previously worked at the house, which was why the couple were not alive.Family members expressed relief after the ruling but said the pain of losing their parents remains unbearable.“[It] “I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest,” daughter Sandra Battle said after hearing the verdict.She added: “I think it’s gratifying because I know the judge saw what was going on and she was able to act on that.”Kimberley Coleman, another daughter, said: “They are people who can never be replaced…There was so much about them that was very special to us and we miss it every day.”The sentencing of Gurkaran Singh, Abhijeet Singh and Khushveer Toor is scheduled for May 28. Under Canadian law, a first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole for 25 years.