ST-JEROME, Que. — The suspect charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a 13-year-old Quebec girl will return to court today.
Francois Senecal, 51, is charged in connection with the death of Oceane Boyer, whose body was found by the side of a road in Quebec’s Laurentians region last Wednesday.
Senecal has been described as a longtime friend of the victim’s family who knew her since she was born.
The procedures at the St-Jerome courthouse are still in their preliminary stages.
Evidence needs to be disclosed to defence lawyers, and the Crown is waiting for DNA analysis.
Senecal was arrested last Thursday, a day after the teen’s body was found bearing signs of violence next to a public road in Brownsburg-Chatham, about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 4, 2020.
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