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Louis Valentine went missing in Trois-Rivieres, Que. in 2000. A woman has been arrested for his killing. (SQ)
Quebec police are searching a home and apartment in Trois-Rivières on Friday after a woman was arrested for murder in connection with a missing person from 2000.
The SQ (Sûreté du Québec) said Aline Girardin, 63, was arrested on Thursday for the murder of Laval resident Louis Valentine.
The 43-year-old won the lottery in 1999, moved to Trois-Rivières a month later and met a woman, police said. He was last seen in Laval in August 2000 at a friend’s house, and his family reported him missing in February 2001.
“She’s going to appear in court this morning and the searches are ongoing in an apartment and a house on Rue Corbeil,” said SQ spokesperson Eloise Cossette.
Girardin lives in Nicolet, Que., and is charged with second-degree murder and desecration of a corpse.
“[She] caused the death of Louis Valentine by stabbing him, thereby committing second-degree murder,” the charge sheet from Quebec prosecutors (DPCP) reads.
The second charge says she cut Valentine’s corpse up, froze and buried it.''
Woman arrested in lottery winner’s 2000 cold case murder: Quebec police
A 63-year-old woman from Trois-Rivières has been arrested for the murder of Louis Valentine, a man killed in 2000 just months after winning the lottery.
Quebec police are searching a home and apartment in Trois-Rivières on Friday after a woman was arrested for murder in connection with a missing person from 2000.
The SQ (Sûreté du Québec) said Aline Girardin, 63, was arrested on Thursday for the murder of Laval resident Louis Valentine.
The 43-year-old won the lottery in 1999, moved to Trois-Rivières a month later and met a woman, police said. He was last seen in Laval in August 2000 at a friend’s house, and his family reported him missing in February 2001.
“She’s going to appear in court this morning and the searches are ongoing in an apartment and a house on Rue Corbeil,” said SQ spokesperson Eloise Cossette.
Girardin lives in Nicolet, Que., and is charged with second-degree murder and desecration of a corpse.
“[She] caused the death of Louis Valentine by stabbing him, thereby committing second-degree murder,” the charge sheet from Quebec prosecutors (DPCP) reads.
The second charge says she cut Valentine’s corpse up, froze and buried it.''
