SQ: killing of health care worker from Cameroon was a homicide

Nadine Flora Alinanyinyi.

By The Canadian Press

Posted January 16, 2023 2:54 pm.

Last Updated January 16, 2023 3:20 pm.

Quebec provincial police say they are investigating the death last week of a health-care worker from Cameroon as a homicide.

The body of Nadine Flora Alinanyinyi, 34, was found Thursday in her apartment in Mont-St-Hilaire, Que., about 40 kilometres east of Montreal.

A two-month-old baby was found unharmed inside the apartment.

Alinanyinyi had been recruited to Quebec from Cameroon in 2020 and was employed at Le Quartier Saint-Hilaire seniors residence as a personal support worker.

RELATED: Woman found dead in Mont-Saint-Hilaire home

Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau says authorities have met with the baby’s father but do not consider him a suspect.

Her employer said in a statement last week that Alinanyinyi was appreciated by her peers and had been on maternity leave.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 16, 2023.

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