Ontario Review Board Approves Limited Community Privileges
Six months after Michael Calvo received a not criminally responsible (NCR) ruling for the second-degree murder of his intermittent girlfriend, Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa, the Ontario Review Board (ORB) authorizes “indirectly supervised” community access. The ORB disposition, released on Monday, allows the person supervising Calvo to permit entry into the Greater Toronto Area community under indirect supervision at their discretion.
The decision follows a hearing on April 16 at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Indirect supervision requires Calvo to follow reporting and supervisory conditions set by hospital staff. This may involve itineraries, logbooks, phone or in-person checks, or required reporting to supervisors.
Background of the Case
Police arrested Calvo on October 15, 2023, outside his home near Old Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue in Toronto. He confessed to stabbing Kitterhing De Sousa, 57, 26 times. She was discovered dead inside the residence. On October 27, 2025, a judge deemed Calvo NCR after forensic psychiatrists from both the Crown and defense agreed he could not appreciate the moral wrongfulness of his actions.
Family Expresses Outrage Over Decision
Kitterhing De Sousa’s family attended the recent ORB hearing and voices strong opposition. “I’m shaking thinking about it. I’m scared. I’ve been scared since this happened. In fact, I was scared of him before this happened because my mom told me herself she was worried about her own safety. She had tried to leave him multiple times. That wasn’t permitted, obviously,” states Raquel Almeida Margulies, the victim’s daughter.
“I continue to suffer from really bad PTSD and nightmares, I don’t feel safe in my home and I’m really concerned about other women in the community, about my community,” Almeida Margulies adds.
David Margulies, the victim’s stepson, expresses disbelief. “We were told beyond the NCR hearing that this would be an impossibility by the Crown. That he would be in for a minimum of years.” He describes the situation as outrageous: “To think that a 300-pound man who stabbed to death a five-foot, 110-pound woman 26 times could [be] released into the community less than six months after being found NCR and less than three years from the date of the offence.”
Family members note that experts at the hearing indicated Calvo still holds delusions from the night of the incident. “He’s a man who is currently delusional enough to maintain the same beliefs he had on the night he killed her, less than three years ago,” says David Margulies.
Harry Margulies, the victim’s former partner, criticizes the system. “The system… is wrong for the following reason. Nobody making a decision here is personally liable. What are the chances he will not re-commit?”
ORB Clarifies Disposition Process
Gavin S. MacKenzie, general counsel for the ORB, explains that the board does not comment publicly beyond formal dispositions and written reasons. The hearing occurred on April 16, with reasons expected by mid-May. “In all detention order dispositions, any privileges set out in the disposition represent potential privileges that may be available to the accused during the upcoming clinical year. The inclusion of a privilege in a disposition does not mean it will automatically be exercised,” MacKenzie states.
