To her community in Toronto, Elvie Sig-Od was a pillar of success and faith. A Filipino immigrant who worked her way up from a caregiver to a successful entrepreneur, she was raising a bright and beloved 20-year-old daughter, Angelica, and was even training to become a pastor at her church. But behind this image of a dream life was a dark and violent secret that ended in a bloodbath on the side of a highway on August 26, 2022. The man who brutally murdered Elvie and Angelica was not a stranger; he was their own husband and father, an abusive man whose second chance at a family ended in a devastating act of annihilation.

Elvie’s story is a tragic tale of forgiveness being exploited. She had originally fled to Canada in 2006 to escape her violent and hot-tempered husband, Godfrey Sig-Od, and to build a better life for her daughter. For over a decade, she succeeded, becoming a Canadian citizen and sponsoring Angelica to join her. But in 2019, her life took a fateful turn. Godfrey’s family pleaded with her to help him, insisting he was a changed man who wanted to reunite with his family. Guided by her deep Christian faith and her belief in redemption, Elvie made a fatal mistake: she agreed to sponsor Godfrey’s move to Canada.

The promise of a new beginning quickly soured. Godfrey reverted to his old ways, subjecting Elvie and Angelica to a renewed cycle of terror. He was controlling, easily enraged, and often violent, especially when drinking. Friends of Angelica testified about the toxic environment in the home, including an incident where Godfrey exploded with rage over a simple note Angelica left on the fridge, telling his own daughter, “I should have killed you a long time ago.”

Realizing her life and her daughter’s life were in danger, Elvie took brave steps to escape. She kicked Godfrey out of their home, filed for divorce, and, in October 2020, went to the York Regional Police to report his escalating death threats. In a chilling police interview that would later become key evidence at his trial, Elvie calmly recounted Godfrey’s words: “He said, ‘I’ve been planning to kill you and take out your two eyes.’”

In a critical failure of the system, police issued a warrant for Godfrey’s arrest but never informed him of it, later claiming they couldn’t find his phone number. Prosecutors would argue that this inaction emboldened Godfrey, making him believe he could terrorize his family with impunity.

On August 26, 2022, Godfrey lured Elvie and Angelica to a meeting under the false pretense of paying back the $3,500 she had spent on his visa. In the car, an argument erupted. Enraged that his wife was finalizing the divorce and his daughter was siding with her mother, Godfrey snapped. He pulled a knife from his gym bag and, in a frenzied attack, stabbed Elvie 17 times and Angelica 14 times, murdering them both.

At his trial, Godfrey attempted to portray himself as the victim, blaming Elvie for being “money-hungry” and Angelica for being disrespectful. He claimed he “blacked out” in a fit of rage and couldn’t remember the stabbings. But the jury didn’t believe him. The prosecution’s powerful evidence, including the recording of Elvie’s own voice detailing his threats two years prior, sealed his fate.

On March 13, 2025, Godfrey Sig-Od was found guilty of the first-degree murder of his wife and the second-degree murder of his daughter. He was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years. The verdict brought a measure of justice, but it could not undo the tragedy of a story where a woman’s greatest virtue—her capacity for forgiveness—was twisted into a weapon against her.