Murders of his parents and his grandmother: a relative wants to prevent the accused from receiving the inheritance of the deceased

A young man accused of stabbing three members of his family to death should not receive hundreds of thousands of dollars of inheritance from the deceased, claims a relative who has just taken legal action to have him disinherited.

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“He must be declared unworthy to succeed Francine and Mylène Gingras for having attempted their lives, as well as that of his father Richard,” we can read in the lawsuit filed at the Montreal courthouse.

In addition to being tried for murder, Arthur Galarneau, 20, will also have to appear before a civil court, in connection with the carnage he allegedly committed in the Rosemont district last March.

Carnage

For reasons that are still unclear, that day, he allegedly stabbed to death his parents Mylène Gingras and Richard Galarneau, both aged 53, as well as his 75-year-old grandmother Francine Gingras-Boucher.

“He killed his grandmother, his mother and his father with a knife,” we read in the court document.

The murders allegedly occurred in the family building and when the police arrived, they had to use Cayenne pepper to control a Galarneau covered in blood, according to our information.

He now faces three charges of second-degree murder and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for this summer.

Inheritance of more than $100,000

However, following the tragic deaths, a will search revealed that Galarneau was named in the will of both his mother and his grandmother. The latter intended to leave him $100,000 “as a special legacy”. The accused’s mother had designated him as sole legatee.

According to the will drawn up in 2018, Arthur Galarneau was to receive a third of the amount at 21, and the rest at 25.

Except that he risks not receiving anything, given the crime he allegedly committed, argues the liquidator of estates based on an article of the Civil Code of Quebec.

“Anyone who has abused the deceased or otherwise engaged in highly reprehensible behavior towards him may be declared unworthy to succeed,” it reads.

Describing the abuse committed as “undeniable”, the estate considers that Galarneau should thus be removed from the inheritance of his mother and grandmother.

If Galarneau decides to contest from the prison cell where he is currently staying, he will be able to present his arguments before a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec.