Young man accused of father’s premeditated murder in Laval
Posted May 22, 2025 12:01 pm.
Last Updated May 22, 2025 12:08 pm.
A young man has been accused of premeditated murder of his 71-year-old father in Laval, marking the city’s first homicide of the year.
Facing a charge of first-degree murder, 26-year-old Thomas Erik Eyelom is expected to appear in court later today.
First-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence with no eligibility for parole for 25 years if convicted.
According to Laval police (SPL), the body of the 71-year-old was discovered in his residence on Dumouchel Street in the Chomedey district by a family member on Tuesday afternoon, around 3:45 p.m.
At the time, the SPL was treating it as a “suspicious death.”
The Crimes Against Persons Unit took charge of the case to attempt to clarify the cause and circumstances of death.
“A scene analysis, conducted in collaboration with the Forensic Identification Squad and the Forensic Sciences and Legal Medicine Laboratory, as well as information gathered by the SPL’s Crimes Against Persons Squad, allowed investigators to determine that the case was murder,” said Erika Landry, spokesperson for the SPL.
