MONTREAL – Two young men have been formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal fire in that city that killed two men early Thursday.
Twenty-year-old Maximilien Heon and twenty-five-year-old Dany Laplante-Poirier appeared in court Monday afternoon.
Heon was arrested Sunday afternoon in Ste. Julienne, about 25 kilometres west of Joliette, Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Christine Coulombe said. He is considered a prime suspect.
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Marc-André Guérin-Bertrand, 18, and David Deraspe, 24, perished in the 5:30 a.m. fire that destroyed a four-unit apartment building.
Some neighbours reported an explosion before the conflagration broke out.
“I’m not sure” about media reports that the deaths were related to a love triangle involving a woman, SQ Sgt. Benoit Richard said Monday morning:
“We’ll see.”
Richard confirmed that “the accused knew at least one” of the victims.
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