Montreal mother, daughter killed in double-homicide, father’s body pulled from river

This article has been updated.

Montreal police have recovered the body of a 59-year-old man from the waters of the former marina in Lachine in connection to the double-homicide of a mother and daughter in the same area.

Passersby spotted the body in the water around 4:30 p.m. and alerted authorities, who had been searching the area since finding his abandoned vehicle nearby hours earlier.

Police spokesperson Julien Lévesque said the body is that of the man who was being sought in connection with the killing of the 56-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter that happened in the overnight hours of Wednesday to Thursday.

Lévesque confirmed the man was the father and husband of the homicide victims.

The bodies of the woman and child were found in a Lachine home shortly after midnight after authorities received a call about a missing person that led them to check in on the address.

Both victims were found inside and pronounced dead at the scene.

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Authorities say they found the family vehicle abandoned by the water later Thursday morning and were looking at nearby security footage.

Police said that the man’s body was found not far from where the vehicle belonging to the family was abandoned.

Neighbours react

“It’s shocking, it’s heartbreaking and it is as devastating as it can be without being personally involved,” one neighbour told Global News.

Another neighbour, Nora Xu, said the family was often seen on walks around the area — a residential neighbourhood described as a quiet and idyllic place to live and raise a family.

A large security perimeter has been set up around the home for the major crimes unit’s investigation. The family vehicle was also marked off as part of the crime scene.

This marks the city’s 17th and 18th homicide this year.

— With files from Global News’ Gloria Henriquez