Montreal police investigate suspected femicide after woman found dead
Montreal police are investigating a suspected femicide following the discovery of a 44-year-old woman dead in an apartment on Saturday in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough. Police were alerted at 1:45 p.m. and found the woman unresponsive. A 51-year-old man, previously in a relationship with the deceased, was also present and sustained serious injuries to his upper body.
He was taken to the hospital in critical condition, though his life is not at risk. Both the man and the woman likely suffered injuries from a sharp object. The incident marks Montreal's 15th homicide of the year and the 12th woman killed by an intimate partner in Quebec in 2026, as reported by a domestic violence shelter network.
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