Mother of missing 3-year-old girl from LaSalle arrested, charged with child abandonment
Posted June 16, 2025 8:41 am.
Last Updated June 18, 2025 4:04 pm.
Editor’s note: The child was found safe in Ontario June 18, 2025. This article was wiped of any information that could identify the girl.
The mother of a three-year-old who went missing for several days was charged with child abandonment.
The child was last seen June 15 in Ontario. She was reported missing by her mother at a business in Coteau-du-Lac, in Quebec’s Montérégie region.
“The mother got out of the vehicle and said she had lost her child and didn’t know where she was,” the SQ’s Jean Raphaël Drolet said in a video posted on social media Monday.
A search was undertaken near Highway 30 in Vaudreuil, between Highway 20 and Highway 40 — near the area where the body of the family’s dog was found. The search began Sunday in LaSalle, Coteau-du-Lac, and Ontario, using helicopters, drones, and tracking dogs.
Part of the search included locating the mother’s vehicle, with police asking people to contact them if they spotted it.
“The area, obviously, is between the home and Coteau-du-Lac,” said Drolet. “It’s not ruled out that the vehicle moved elsewhere. So what should be mentioned is that it was dropped off here (in Coteau-du-Lac), it was parked in front here, but it could be found in the surrounding area, in the region, and we even think on the Ontario side. It’s a possibility.”
Police originally reported that the child was last seen on Saturday at 11 a.m., but they changed that to Sunday after new elements emerged.
No Amber Alert
An Amber Alert has not been issued, as provincial police say the case does not meet the required criteria — namely they don’t believe the child was abducted.
To trigger an Amber Alert, police must not only believe that a child has been abducted, but also that the child’s life or physical safety is in serious danger. As well, police must have information that may help locate the child, the suspect or the vehicle they’re travelling in.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact the Sûreté du Québec’s criminal information centre at 1-800-659-4264.
–With files from The Canadian Press
