Quebec’s minister for youth protection is asking for an inquiry into the death of a two-year-old girl who died in hospital after being found in a garbage can.
Lucie Charlebois says she’s asking the province’s independent youth and human rights commission to look into Rosalie Gagnon’s death and find out what services her family had received.
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Police confirmed Friday that the young Quebec City girl had been stabbed to death.
Her 23-year-old mother was charged Thursday with mischief, violating probation and obstructing the work of a police officer in the infant’s death.
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Audrey Gagnon’s bail hearing has been set for next Wednesday and she will remain behind bars until then.
Police set up a command post and used police dogs on Saturday to comb the area where the little girl was found.