The body of a one-month-old baby, who had been missing since Friday evening in the Rivière des Mille Iles area, was found on Monday 200 meters from the scene of the tragedy. Pres.
Posted at 12:21 p.m.
Updated at 1:23 p.m.
According to police sources, Sûreté du Québec (SQ) divers found the child’s body at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Mille Îles river, near the site of the tragedy.
On Friday evening, a 40-year-old mother with her toddler and four-year-old daughter drowned in her vehicle in the Rivière des Mille Îles. The car plunged into the stream in front of the LL Laval sur le Lac campus. The circumstances of the incident are still unknown, but according to our information, it could be a voluntary gesture.
According to sources, the woman was suffering from postpartum depression and tried to take her own life along with her children. His wife, who called 911 at the same time as the tragedy, left the home Friday morning without any signs of life. They had told me that mother was not feeling well the other day.
However, Laval police did not confirm or deny this information, saying that all hypotheses are open. However, this does not rule out the possibility that it was a deliberate gesture. Investigators are yet to meet the mother, who is still hospitalized.
The mother and her little girl were rescued by first responders shortly after the tragedy, while the child went missing. The girl was discharged from the hospital with her family that evening. A A massive police operation was launched last weekend to trace the child.
With Daniel Renaud
