A 29-year-old woman was found unresponsive in a home in Granby on Friday evening. At around 8 p.m., 911 was called and Sûreté du Québec police officers intervened at an apartment on Elgin Street, where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Louis-Philippe Ruel, spokesman for the SQ.
The body showed signs of violence. This is the first murder of the year in the province.
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At around 10:30 p.m., a 32-year-old man was arrested in the Laurier station area near Quebec City, nearly 200 km from the crime scene. He is currently being met by investigators and could appear at the Granby Courthouse today.
According to the QMI agency, the person was arrested in a domestic context in 2021 and subsequently charged with threats to kill.
However, after a trial he was acquitted the following year.
SQ crime investigators are working with Granby police to shed light on this matter.
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No signs of desperation
People from the neighborhood that TVA Nouvelles interviewed about the tragedy said they did not hear an argument or a distress scream coming from the house.
A neighbor who lives across the street knew the victim and she even adopted one of her kittens.
According to her, her partner had joint custody of two children who visited him every other weekend. There were no signs that the woman feared for her safety.
“She didn’t seem distressed to me. “We couldn’t have expected something like that,” she said.
Another neighbor said the woman often walked around with her head bowed. On the other hand, he described the spouse's temperament as “agitated” and his nature as “complicated.”
It is currently unknown if the spouse is the suspect in this case.