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Ontario police lay charges against man facing murder counts in Quebec Amber Alert

Click to play video: 'Police arrest suspect in Amber Alert of 6-year-old Saint-Eustache, Que. boy after pursuit in Ontario'
Police arrest suspect in Amber Alert of 6-year-old Saint-Eustache, Que. boy after pursuit in Ontario
(Sept. 15, 2017) Police have arrested the suspect in a Quebec Amber Alert case after a pursuit on an Ontario highway – Sep 15, 2017

RENFREW, Ont. – A man charged following an Amber Alert in Quebec is now facing charges in Ontario.

Ontario Provincial Police say the 41-year-old Quebec man is to appear in court in Ottawa on Tuesday charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, flight from police, possession of a stolen vehicle, assault with a weapon and resisting arrest.

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READ MORE: Suspect in Amber Alert case to be transferred back to Quebec

Authorities in Quebec have charged the man with first-degree murder in the death of his former partner and second-degree murder in the death of Yvon Lacasse, a 71-year-old man whose body was found in September.

The accused’s missing six-year-old son was found alive by police in Lacasse’s car when the man was arrested southwest of Renfrew, Ont., on Sept. 15.

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READ MORE: Suspect in Quebec Amber Alert charged with killing boy’s mother

Quebec police issued an Amber Alert for the boy after they discovered the body of his mother in mid-September north of Montreal.

 

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