Body found in garbage bin, Montreal police investigating suspicious death
Posted August 8, 2022 11:43 am.
Last Updated August 8, 2022 1:58 pm.
A grim discovery was made in a garbage bin in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Monday morning.
Montreal police are looking into the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a garbage bin being picked up by a city worker.
It happened just before 9 a.m. in front of a residential building on Adam Street, near the intersection of Letourneux.
#WATCH: “Sadly the death of the person was pronounced on the scene,” said Véronique Comtois of the Montreal police, on the suspicious death being investigated in Hochelaga Monday. A man’s body was found in the trash.
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The worker was collecting the garbage and emptied the bin into a garbage truck when they discovered the remains.
Police were called immediately.
A perimeter was set up in the area and police are investigating, meeting with neighbours Monday.
Sgt. Veronique Comtois says police are still trying to determine the cause of death.
She says they haven’t rule out any possibility, including an accident or criminal act.
