Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a 22-year-old woman whose body was found in a burned-out bar in Quebec’s Lanaudière region.
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The suspect was arrested early Monday at a residence in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, some 110 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
He is being questioned by police and investigators say he is likely to face murder charges.
Chloe Bellehumeur-Lemay’s lifeless body was found Sunday afternoon following a fire at the bar where she worked.
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Police originally believed she died in the fire but later found signs of violence on her body.
Authorities now believe the fire was deliberately set to cover Bellehumeur-Lemay’s murder.
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