Suspected Feminicide in Mile End | A neighborhood in shock

The son of the owner of Fairmount Bagel and a 25-year-old woman were found lifeless in an apartment on rue Saint-Urbain in Montreal’s Mile End overnight from Thursday to Friday. Everything indicates that it would be a murder followed by suicide.

Lila Dussault
Press

In the middle of the night from Thursday to Friday, Daniel Shlafman, 31, son of the owner of Fairmount Bagel, allegedly contacted a member of his family from an apartment on rue Saint-Urbain, at the corner of avenue Fairmount. Where is. The building, located a stone’s throw from the Fairmount Bagel bakery, is owned by the establishment’s owners.

An employee of the Montreal institution was first sent to the scene to see what was happening. At the entrance to the apartment, the sight of the woman’s corpse would have made him turn on his heels. The family member then went to the apartment and called 911.

When they arrived at around 3:15 a.m., the police found the body of the first victim. While inspecting the apartment, they then discovered that of Daniel Shlafman.

According to our information, the woman was stabbed and Daniel Shlafman inflicted stab wounds on himself. The scene was drenched in blood, with many marks of conflict and violence.

The hypothesis of a double murder is not however ruled out by the SPVM

The identity of the woman was not yet known at the end of the day Friday, nor the nature of her connection with Daniel Shlafman. It could be the 18^e feminicide in the province in 2021.

A security perimeter was established by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) on rue Saint-Urbain to protect the scene at dawn on Friday. The sun had barely risen at 7:30 a.m. when a team of forensic technicians entered a building. She was still there at the end of the day.

“He was not allowed to be in a fight”

Investigators from the major crimes section of the SPVM are in charge of the investigation to try to clarify the circumstances of the event. Witnesses were met on Friday and door-to-door visits were carried out to establish the link between Daniel Shlafman and the victim. Images from cameras around the perimeter were viewed. An autopsy of the bodies will learn more about the circumstances of the possible murder.

” Him [Daniel Shlafman], he does not have the right to be in dispute, because it is part of a century-old story, ”a neighboring merchant told the media in a touched tone, before the details of the drama were revealed. The trader preferred not to be named, out of respect for the Shlafman family, who have owned Fairmount Bagel for over 100 years.

The dumbfounded neighborhood

November 5, 2021 is likely to remain etched in the annals of this quiet neighborhood of Montreal. Here, Montreal institutions have been passed down from generation to generation, in a neighborhood with a tightly knit neighborhood. On Friday, however, it was worry that dominated the whispered conversations of passers-by, gathered around the shops. The owners, who have known each other for decades, were in shock.

“I feel really bad, it hurts me, confided to Press Sharon Wilensky, owner of Wilensky, a famous Jewish sandwich shop opened in Montreal in 1932. I have known Irwin for many years, ”she added, referring to Irwin Shlafman, co-owner of Fairmount Bagel and father of Daniel. “But I didn’t know his children,” she said.

Still on Fairmount Avenue West, Nat Scalia, owner of Caffè Grazie Mille, did not hide his astonishment.

For Angela Amigo, client and former employee of Caffè Grazie Mille, the story is frightening. “My son goes to school here, it’s worrying for the parents,” she said. [Ce quartier], it’s like a family. ”

With the collaboration of Daniel Renaud, Press