Mother of teen killed in Surrey bus stabbing tracked his phone to hospital, aunt says

Ethan Bespflug was a good kid and older brother who worked hard, helped look after his four siblings, and loved fishing with his stepfather, his aunt said.

On Tuesday, the 17-year-old was fatally stabbed on a Metro Vancouver bus.

Andrea Van Der Gracht said she’s currently caring for Bespflug’s sisters, aged 11 months and two years old, as his parents try to come to terms with the tragedy.

She said his mother realized something was wrong when she tracked Bespflug’s phone to a hospital in New Westminster. She rushed there and was told her son had died.

“This is a really good family, and this is going to break them,” Van Der Gracht said Thursday.