Body of missing baby in river near Laval found
Posted October 30, 2022 11:54 am.
Last Updated October 31, 2022 4:21 pm.
UPDATE Oct. 31 at 12:30 p.m.: The body of the missing one-month old has been found, around 200 metres from where the vehicle went into the Mille Îles River on Friday night. The mother is still in critical condition and unable to meet with investigators as they still try and piece together what happened.
Laval police confirmed the discovery of the body after beginning a third day of searching.
Police spent the weekend looking for the missing child, with provincial police divers and a helicopter joining local police and fire department teams.
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Votre Service de police tient à informer la population que le corps du poupon porté disparu depuis vendredi soir dernier a été retrouvé ce matin par les plongeurs de la @sureteduquebec.— Police Laval (@policelaval) October 31, 2022
Police say the search for a one-month old baby missing in the river near Laval, will resume Monday.
The baby was in a vehicle with his mother and four-year-old sister when it plunged into the Mille Iles river shortly before 5 p.m. Friday.
The woman, 40, remains hospitalized, while the girl was released from hospital later Friday evening.
Police said late Sunday evening that a second full day of searching was being interrupted due to lack of visibility and would resume in the morning.
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Const. Erika Landry said earlier Sunday it still wasn’t clear if the vehicle was driven into the water intentionally.
Police received a 911 call for a submerged vehicle on Friday afternoon in the river.
Landry said detectives still have not been able to question the mother.
“The mother is still hospitalized,” Landry said. “She is still in a state where she is not able to be met.”
Police paused the search on both Friday and Saturday evenings due to darkness.
The work resumed Sunday morning as provincial police divers and a helicopter that joined the search on Saturday returned, along with local police and fire department nautical units.
Other teams are searching along the shoreline, including K-9 units.
Police are asking residents who live near the river to check around the banks as the current might have carried the baby several kilometres from where the vehicle ended up in the water.
The Mille Iles river is 42 kilometres long and divides Laval from the North Shore, where the suburban cities north of Montreal are located.
