Man charged with 2nd-degree murder after woman's body found in Lachute, Que., home
- Mathieu Mc Claren, a 36-year-old man, has been formally charged with second-degree murder following the discovery of a deceased woman inside a residence in Lachute, Quebec, on May 16, 2025.
- Emergency responders were called around 2:30 p.m. To a residence on Saint-Exupéry Street, and police detained the suspect on private property not belonging to him nearby.
- Police officers quickly moved to another home on the same street where they discovered the woman's lifeless body before she was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
- Jean-Raphaël Drolet, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec, said officers acted swiftly to locate the victim, confirming the investigation remains ongoing.
- Mc Claren appeared in court on Saturday, May 17, 2025, and the charges imply a serious criminal investigation with potential legal consequences ahead.
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Police charge 36-year-old man with murder in woman’s death in the Laurentians
MONTREAL - Quebec police say a man is facing second-degree murder charges after a woman was killed at a home on Friday in the Laurentian town of Lachute.
Police charge 36-year-old man with murder in woman’s death in the Laurentians – 105.9 The Region
MONTREAL — Quebec police say a man is facing second-degree murder charges after a woman was killed at a home on Friday in the Laurentian town of Lachute. Police say emergency crews were called around 2:30 p.m. on Friday to Saint-Exupéry Street in Lachute, where they detained a man on private property that was not his. Provincial police spokesman Jean-Raphaël Drolet says officers moved quickly to another residence on the same street, where the wo…
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