For the second time in fifteen months, the murderer of Isabelle Bolduc, Marcel Blanchette, refused to appear before the Parole Board of Canada.
Incarcerated for more than 26 years, Blanchette was asking for leave.
He changed his mind at the very last minute, causing stress and anxiety to the victims who were about to testify.
Marcel Blanchette repeated the same move as in January 2022 except that this time, it was the very morning of the hearing that he decided to request a new delay.
To the commissioners, the 76-year-old man detained at the Montée Saint-François de Laval penitentiary said that the circumstances were not favorable to him and that he preferred to postpone his request for leave under escort.
In 1996 in Sherbrooke, along with two other individuals, Jean-Paul Bainbridge and Guy Labonté, Marcel Blanchette kidnapped, kidnapped and assaulted Isabelle Bolduc before killing her with a metal bar and abandoning the body of the young woman. 22 years old in a wooded area of Fleurimont.
A 49-year-old repeat offender with a heavy criminal history at the time, he kidnapped another young woman in Sherbrooke, Manon St-Louis, in the days following the sordid events.
At the point of a revolver, Blanchette kidnapped her and then assaulted her before being finally arrested by police in Montreal. Manon will soon be 52 years old.
Marcel Bolduc is also trying to heal his wounds.
Like 15 months ago, the two victims expected to finally be able to speak to the individual who hurt them so much 26 years ago, but they will have to wait once again.
The other murderer of Isabelle Bolduc, Jean-Paul Bainbridge was twice refused permission for supervised outings, the last time was in January 2019.