The lifeless bodies of a woman and a man were found early Tuesday night in an apartment building in eastern Montreal.
The first findings of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) allowed it to affirm that the lady was murdered by the man who later committed suicide.
The bodies of the two people, both 45 years old, were found inanimate in a staircase of the building located on 25th Avenue, near the intersection of Notre-Dame Street, in a residential area of the Pointe-aux- Aspen. The connection between them was not yet known at dawn.
As soon as they arrived, the police noted signs of violence on the lady’s body. She became the 40th victim of murder since the beginning of the current year on the territory patrolled by the SPVM.
The circumstances of the tragedy are being investigated by members of the SPVM’s major crimes squad, who began their work by questioning residents of the area. In the meantime, forensic identification technicians have begun to comb through the scene of the tragedy.