On August 24, Marjolaine Ménard was spending time with her son at her home in the Limoilou sector when the suspects appeared. Keven Plante-Ménard was shot dead in front of his mother.
“They came in, they shot and they left. I wondered what was going on. It happened so quickly,” she said the day after the tragedy.
Four months later, the grieving mother still clearly feels the aftereffects of that sad evening. “I'm still traumatized. “I don’t go out at night,” she told Le Soleil.
The perpetrators of the murder have not yet been arrested, but Marjolaine Ménard remains hopeful. “Yeah, I can’t wait for them to find out who it is. But the investigators are doing their job. I trust them. “I’m positive about everything,” she wants to emphasize.
The Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ) was unable to provide any information on the progress of the proceedings when contacted by Le Soleil. “The investigation is obviously ongoing,” assures spokesman Pierre-Olivier Lévesque. If there are any developments we would like to share, we will keep you updated.”
Impossible to “create sadness”
Jade Leung Pouliot, former sister-in-law of Keven Plante-Ménard, has been surrounded by incomprehension and anger since the death of her “Kiki”. She wants the perpetrators to be identified and arrested quickly.
“We just want justice to be able to establish mourning when it knows that these people are paying for their serious actions,” she admits to the Sun.
According to Ms. Pouliot, the arrest of these criminals is essential to ensure the safety of Quebec citizens.
“We are still in sad mourning,” she breathes. Keven's mother Marjolaine is completely devastated. In the evening we feel a little sadness remembering his warm and unifying smile.
Associated with organized crime
On December 13, Quebec police chief Denis Turcotte revealed that the murder of Keven Plante-Ménard was “directly linked” to organized crime.
“Some people have decided to no longer respect the rules established between them that date back decades. “This increases tensions between the groups,” explained the police chief.
According to criminologist Maria Mourani, the drug market in Quebec is controlled by the Hells Angels. Street gangs that want to sell drugs must pay a 10% fee. Some groups have been refusing to pay this fee for several months, confirmed Denis Turcotte.
This situation led to an escalation of organized crime-related violence in Quebec, including four murders and 13 arsons in 2023.