Quebec man charged with second-degree murder in father’s death

A Quebec man has been charged with second-degree murder in his father’s death.

François Asselin appeared in a Trois-Rivières courtroom Tuesday in connection with the slaying of Gilles Giasson, 67, on or around May 8.

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He was also charged with committing an indignity to a corpse.

Asselin will remain detained until his next court appearance July 31.

He is forbidden from communicating with 19 potential witnesses.

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Quebec provincial police searched a landfill site for Giasson last week and found evidence that led to the murder charge.

Asselin was also charged earlier this month with second-degree murder in the death of a work colleague, François Lefebvre, and with committing an indignity to a corpse.

He has pleaded not guilty to those charges.