Certain elements of the investigation make it possible to establish a link between the murder of Ezaek Hilaire, which occurred in 2017, and that of Nitchell Lapaix, killed last August, according to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). A command post was deployed in Laval on Tuesday morning to allow investigators to gather more information.
Posted at 7:23 a.m.
May 2017. The body of Ezaek Hilaire is found in a wooded area in Mirabel. The 19-year-old man had presumably been kidnapped, beaten and stabbed hours earlier.
According to the police, there may be a link between this unsolved murder and that of Nitchell Lapaix.
Lapaix, aka Crank, was shot dead near a strip club in Laval last summer. The 27-year-old man was considered by the authorities to be close to gang leader Jean-Philippe Célestin.
Citizens are invited to go from 8 a.m. to the post of commander deployed on Tuesday at the intersection of rue Grolier and the service road of Highway 13, in Laval.
Any other relevant details surrounding these two homicides can be sent to the Criminal Information Center of the Sûreté du Québec at 1 800 659-4264.