The police managed to identify the body found in a garbage bin in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district on Monday morning. The victim is named Richard Lizotte and is 58 years old, according to information obtained by the To have to.
Traces of violence were indeed found on his body, confirmed the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). On the day of the macabre discovery, a neighbor of the scene told the To have to having seen the body of the deceased before the arrival of the police. According to him, the victim had a bloody face.
On Tuesday, SPVM investigators searched the victim’s residence for clues that could explain the crime.
Richard Lizotte was charged in 2005 with uttering threats and committing harassment, but was acquitted as found not criminally responsible due to mental disorder.
This is the 18th homicide of the year on the territory of the island of Montreal. The case was therefore transferred to the major crimes department of the SPVM.
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