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Police to post sketch of suspect in Kelly Morrisseau slaying

Gatineau police are working on a composite sketch of a suspect in the slaying of a pregnant Ottawa woman in a Gatineau Park parking lot nine months ago.

Gatineau police are working on a composite sketch of a suspect in the slaying of a pregnant Ottawa woman ina western Quebecpark nine months ago.

Police began the sketch after meeting with an importantwitness about the slaying of 27-year-old Kelly Morrisseau, a Gatineau police news release Tuesday.

Gatineau police will be holding a news conference with Crime Stoppers and the Assembly of First Nations on Wednesday morning.

Morrisseau, who lived in Ottawabut grew up on the Sagkeeng First Nation, north of Winnipeg, was found naked, bleeding and near death in a Gatineau Park parking lot on Dec. 10.

She died later in hospital. At the time, the mother of three children was seven months pregnant with a fourth.

A reward worth more than $20,000 for information about her slaying has been posted by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Crime Stoppers, the Assembly of First Nations and other donors.