SQ arrest suspect in 1979 murder case
Posted September 5, 2025 4:41 pm.
Sûreté du Québec’s (SQ) unsolved cases division announced Friday that it had solved a homicide that occurred 46 years ago. The suspect faces a charge of manslaughter.
The unidentified man was arrested in connection with the February 1979 murder of Adrien Allard in Causapscal, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
SQ says that two men wearing snowmobile clothing showed up at the home of Allard and his brother and attacked them.
The brothers defended themselves during the assault, but Allard, 47, was killed.
Investigators questioned the suspect in February 2025 and released him pending further investigation.
The unsolved cases division said in a statement that evidence gathered at the time of the murder and new investigative techniques have linked the suspect to the crime.
He was scheduled to appear in court in Amqui later today.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
