Angela had been playing at Oxford Park in NDG when her father Alberto, aged 32, became enraged at his wife who had left him after getting tired of him beating her.
Two weeks earlier a court had fined him $25 for beating on his wife.
She and the four kids (newspapers reported that there were seven kids but others recall there being four) moved in with a neighbour.
Alberto called around until he got his wife on the phone and threatened that he would kill their children if she didn't come right away.One child Joanne Cappadocia - now an adult - was an eyewitness.
I remember that day so vividly. My family and I were moving from St Jacques Street to 921 Girouard. As we were driving down Girouard heading south, we saw her father on the balcony carrying and waving a shotgun. He was yelling and then all of a sudden went into the house. We found out later, that he had been calling out to her mother who was apparently at a neighbor's house a few doors down, as he wanted her to go home to him, he had threatened to shoot a kid if she didn't and apparently that is exactly what happened, he had shot Angela. Angela as I was 12 years old at the time and she was the nicest kid. It was very sad and shocking to know that her father had done this.The wife felt panicked when she heard a shotgun blast, hoping that he was just shooting it off in the air to scare her over the phone.
Angela, who attended nearby John XXIII school, had been playing at Oxford Park when she returned home.
As she walked through the front door her father shot her.
She died instantly.
Her body lay halfway lay over the door threshold for all to see.
Another friend, Dan McDonald, also recalls the incident.
I was on her back porch waiting for her to come back out to play hide and seek, wasn't a witness as I ran home to tell my parentsAfter shooting his little girl, Alberto turned his .12 gauge shot gun on himself, shooting himself in the abdomen and leg. He was rushed to nearby Queen Elizabeth Hospital and recovered.
Alberto Sparapani was charged with murder, which was reduced to homicide.
At the trial Alberto said that he was suicidal and that he had been irritated by his daughter for telling his wife that he had purchased a shotgun.
Judge Antonio Lamer sentenced him to 15 years in prison, a term which he hoped would protect the family against him for some time.
The family, which included eldest sister Albina and two brothers, moved away from the area.Angela's tombstone sits at Cote des Neiges cemetery.
Alberto was, according to one report, deported to Italy.
One woman named Dora, who grew up in the area and felt particularly touched by the tragedy, makes a point of visiting the grave site annually to pay her respects to the child whose life was taken away so tragically and senselessly.