A woman was killed in a violent attack in the forest area of Laval yesterday evening. That would be misogyny.
Police said they found the victim with severe upper body injuries shortly after receiving a call around 7:35 p.m.
The crime took place in the Armand-Frappier forest in the Somedy district, south of Laval.
He was pronounced dead at the scene after resuscitation efforts, Laval Police Department public relations officer Stephanie Peshara explained.
Martin Alary / Agence QMI / Le Journal de Montreal
With information provided by the public, Laval police officers were able to get their hands on a 20-year-old “man of interest,” whom investigators met with later in the evening.
He was handcuffed in the woods about 300 meters from the crime scene
Martin Alary / Agence QMI / Le Journal de Montreal
According to our information, the woman was killed in a domestic environment with around thirty stab wounds.
This is the 14th woman killed in the province this year and the 8th domestically.
As of this writing, police have not released any information, such as the victim’s age or identity.
A command post was set up at the scene on Murray Avenue at the corner of 8th Street.
– Jonathan Tremblay and Maxime Deland, with QMI Agency
Seven other femicides
January 5
Chloé Lauzon-Rivard, 29, was killed in her home in Granby. His accomplice, Michaël Dugas-Farcy, 32, was arrested hours later, 200 kilometers from the crime scene.
January 26
Narjess Ben Yedder, 32, was brutally stabbed twenty times in his home in the Pointe-aux-Trembles district. A pregnant woman is also killed. Her husband, Mustafa McCann, 42, called police to report her. He is arrested at the scene of the crime.
12 February
Lorraine Marsolais, 80, was stabbed to death by her partner, Jean-Guy Forest, 82, in an apartment in L’Épiphanie, in the Lanadier area. The eight-year-old then took his own life using a gun.
February 18
Hayette Bouguellid, 51, was stabbed to death in her home in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Montérégie. Her husband Mohammad Ali Mosbah, 53, was arrested at the scene of the murder.
March 27
Louise Houle, 70, who had started divorce proceedings, was shot dead by her husband, Mario Nadon, 67. The latter then ends his life, lying down next to the victim.
April 9
Josianne Faucher, 27, was found dead in her home in Candiac, Montérégie. She was stabbed to death by her jealous ex-partner David Dota, 38.
May 3
Marie-Claude Raymond, 51, was killed by her partner in a toxic relationship at their condo in Terrebonne. She had been staying with 37-year-old Sebastien Lapointe for several months. They have been married since last summer. Police had to go to the scene of the dispute hours before the tragedy happened.
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