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Murder of Guylaine Potvin | Marc-André Grenon appeals his conviction
Found guilty last month of the first degree murder of Guylaine Potvin, which occurred 24 years earlier, Marc-André Grenon is appealing his conviction. Published at 6:45 p.m. His lawyers filed…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | Marc-André Grenon guilty of first degree murder
On the night of April 28, 2000, Marc-André Grenon entered Guylaine Potvin’s apartment, in Jonquière, with the intention of sexually assaulting and killing her. In her bedroom, where she was…
24 years after the fact | Marc-André Grenon pleads that the murder of Guylaine Potvin was not premeditated
Major turnaround in the fifth week of the trial of Marc-André Grenon: almost 24 years later, the accused admitted on Wednesday to having caused the death of Guylaine Potvin on…
24 years later, Marc-André Grenon admits to having killed Guylaine Potvin
Nearly 24 years after the death of Guylaine Potvin and after a month of trial, Marc-André Grenon admits, in an unexpected turn of events, to having killed the 19-year-old young…
Marc-André Grenon admits to having killed Guylaine Potvin
The accused Marc-André Grenon admitted to having killed young Guylaine Potvin 24 years ago in Jonquière. The man has been on trial for murder and sexual assault since mid-January. The…
24 years after the fact | Marc-André Grenon admits to having caused the death of Guylaine Potvin
Major turnaround in the trial of Marc-André Grenon: almost 24 years later, the accused admitted on Wednesday to having caused the death of Guylaine Potvin on April 28, 2000. The…
Trial for murder of Guylaine Potvin | Marc-André Grenon will not testify
After a week-long suspense, the defense announced Monday that it would not present evidence at the trial of Marc-André Grenon, tried for having sexually assaulted and murdered Guylaine Potvin 24…
Trial for the murder of Guylaine Potvin: suspense around Grenon’s defense
The Crown’s case closed on Friday, on day 13 of the murder trial of Marc-André Grenon. The defense, for its part, will announce its position to the jury on Monday…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | Defendant’s DNA matches ‘hundreds of billions of times’
It is “hundreds of billions of times more likely” that the DNA found on Guylaine Potvin’s body belonged to the man accused of her murder rather than to any other…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | Defendant’s last name precisely targeted using novel technique
Without even knowing the suspects in the Guylaine Potvin murder case, a forensic biologist was able to identify the precise last name of the man who was accused of the…
Trial of Marc-André Grenon | The investigator tells how he got the DNA of the accused of the murder of Guylaine Potvin
A Sûreté du Québec investigator recounted Thursday at the trial for the murder of Guylaine Potvin, in Saguenay nearly 24 years ago, how he and his partner had tracked the…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin: the defense questions the limits of the autopsy carried out in 2000
The defense attacked on Wednesday the limits of the analysis that the pathologist responsible for explaining the causes of death and the injuries of Guylaine Potvin could do at the…
Trial of Marc-André Grenon | Guylaine Potvin died of strangulation in 2000, testifies a pathologist
Guylaine Potvin suffered multiple injuries and ultimately died from strangulation in her Jonquière apartment nearly 24 years ago, a forensic pathologist said Tuesday. Updated yesterday at 6:29 p.m. Doctor Caroline…
Guylaine Potvin died of strangulation, testifies a forensic pathologist
Young Guylaine Potvin died of strangulation, the forensic pathologist confirmed Tuesday at the criminal trial of Marc-André Grenon, accused of her rape and murder. The 19-year-old student was found dead…
Trial of Marc-André Grenon | Guylaine Potvin died of strangulation, testifies a forensic doctor
A forensic pathologist testified Tuesday at the trial of Guylaine Potvin’s murderer that the 19-year-old died of strangulation in April 2000. Posted at 1:16 p.m. Doctor Caroline Tanguay testifies at…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | Crime scene photos stir up trial
The presentation of very crude images of the mutilated body of Guylaine Potvin created a stir in the room on the second day of the trial of the man accused…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | “She didn’t get up, it wasn’t her habit”
Audrey St-Pierre, a friend, but also the last person to see Guylaine Potvin alive, described the vision of horror she had when discovering the young woman’s lifeless body in her…
Marc-André Grenon, alleged murderer of Guylaine Potvin, would have been betrayed by his DNA
Marc-André Grenon, accused of the murder of Guylaine Potvin, was identified more than 25 years after the homicide by his Y chromosome and two straws, the Crown intends to demonstrate…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin | A cup and two straws led to the arrest of the accused
A cup and two straws: 22 years after the murder of Guylaine Potvin, a major scientific breakthrough allowed the police to begin tracking and recover these few items which ultimately…
Murder of Guylaine Potvin in 2000: the trial of Marc-André Grenon opens in Chicoutimi
Nearly 24 years after the murder of Guylaine Potvin, which occurred in April 2000 in Jonquière, the trial of the man whom the authorities believe responsible for the sordid crime…