PIERREFONDS-ROXBORO – Montreal police have released a robo-portrait of the man who alleged attempted to abduct a child on Montreal’s west island.
He is described as Caucasian, in his forties and thin with a potbelly.
A nine-year-old girl had told investigators that she was playing in Villeret Park on the west side of Pierrefonds last Friday afternoon.
According to Constable Anie Lemieux, a man approached the girl and attempted to grab her.
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The girl managed to escape and run home, where her parents called the police.
Lemieux said police do not have reports of any other similar incidents in that area.
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Anyone who has seen anything suspicious in the Pierrefonds area is asked to contact police.
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