Body of man found in garbage can on Dr. Penfield
Posted October 1, 2022 11:56 am.
Last Updated October 1, 2022 1:04 pm.
Montreal police say they found the body of a man in a garbage can on Doctor-Penfield Avenue on Friday evening.
Police are investigating what would be the 27th homicide of the year in Montreal.
A spokesperson for the SPVM says police were called around 7:20 p.m. to carry out checks in an apartment on Pine Avenue near Mcgregor Avenue.
While there, patrol officers allegedly spotted traces of blood.
Officers then discovered the inanimate body of a man hidden in an outdoor trash can.
The victim’s body bore marks of violence.
Major crime investigators were dispatched to the scene.
—This report by La Presse Canadienne was first published in French and translated by CityNews
