CANADA - Ianik Lamontagne (46) murders his 3-yr-old twin sons and then kills himself, Launadiere Quebec, 26 Aug 2023

[Snoopster]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/father-who-killed-sons-arrested-days-before-1.6941963

A father believed to have killed his two young children in Quebec's Lanaudière region had been arrested and released by provincial police two days prior to the incident, a longtime friend of the family tells Radio-Canada.

Ianik Lamontagne, 46, and three-year-olds Antoine and Tristan, whom sources identified as the deceased, were found dead in a Notre-Dame-des-Prairies residence on Saturday. Police are investigating the case as a double murder-suicide.

Ianik Lamontagne had been arrested for harrassing his estranged wife and was released the same day. Just two days later he and his sons were found dead.

 

[Snoopster]

Such a devastating and potentially preventable situation. The police let him go after harassing his wife, while they completed their investigation to determine whether charges should have been laid. They were still investigating when he killed his two young sons. It turns out the guy owned a computer cybersecurity company and spied on his ex-wife.

Google translate from the lapresse article:

The officers would then have found one or more GPS units under the woman's car. Owner of a company specializing in computer cybersecurity, Ianik Lamontagne would also have used technological means to spy on his ex-spouse.

Double meurtre dans Lanaudière | Le DPCP n’avait pas encore été informé de l’arrestation du père

Rest in peace young Antoine and Tristan. (I know that your mother never will. I wish I knew a way to help ease even a bit of her pain.)

https://www.journaldequebec.com/202...epression-severe-selon-une-amie-de-la-famille

Interviewed by Le Journal , a friend of the family, who chose to remain anonymous, said that Ianik Lamontagne had been suffering from severe depression for some time.

Obviously depression is no excuse for spying on your ex-wife and murdering your children

 

[Snoopster]

Among neighbours, there is still shock and disbelief. Natalie Taylor, who lives steps away from the residence where the bodies were found, says she heard a bloodcurdling cry on Saturday. She believes it was the boys' mother in distress.

This is also from the CBC article.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/father-who-killed-sons-arrested-days-before-1.6941963

 

[LadyL]

Poor kiddos. How could he. Poor mama.

 

[ms_x_to_the_m]

This is sooooo sad.
RIP precious boys