Mont-Saint-Hilaire woman victim of homicide, police say
CBC News | Posted: March 22, 2017 7:27 PM | Last Updated: March 22, 2017
Man has been detained as 'important witness' after woman in her 20s declared dead in hospital
A woman in her 20s in Mont-Saint-Hilaire has been declared dead after being rushed to hospital early Wednesday afternoon.
Police are investigating the incident as a homicide.
The Richelieu-Saint-Laurent intermunicipal police service responded to a call at a Forest Street address in Mont-Saint-Hilaire at 12:30 p.m. where they found the woman, seriously injured.
Yanic Parent, chief inspector for the Richelieu-Saint-Laurent police, told CBC that there were "marks of violence" found on the victim's body.
Police say a man also in his 20s was detained as "an important witness."
Mont-Saint-Hilaire is 35 kilometres east of Montreal.