Crown won’t appeal Quebec woman’s acquittal after third trial in daughters’ deaths
Sorella had been convicted twice previously, in 2013 and 2019, of murder in the girls' killings following jury trials, but both of those decisions were overturned on appeal.
Crime
Jan 19
Quebec mother found not guilty in daughters’ deaths after third trial
Adele Sorella was convicted of murder in 2013 and 2019, but both of those decisions were overturned on appeal.
Crime
Dec 18, 2023
Husband testifies at hearing for Sorella murder case
Pleas will be entered Wednesday in the case of accused murderer Adele Sorella. Sorella's preliminary hearing was held Tuesday in Laval. She allegedly killed her two young daughters in 2009.
Mar 29, 2011
Depression and revenge ‘a fiery mix: ‘ psychologist
A cluster of Quebec murders, suicides and other family dramas succeeding one another seem like an epidemic but are, in fact, extremely rare - though dangerously unpredictable, a psychologist says.
Jul 6, 2011
Mob slayings rise after Rizzuto’s return
Four months after his return to Montreal it appears Vito Rizzuto was underestimated when many predicted his demise as the Mafia clan he allegedly runs seemed to be on its knees two years ago.
Crime
Feb 9, 2013
Giuseppe De Vito to go straight to trial
A man who was on the lam for nearly four years until his arrest weeks ago has renounced his right to a bail hearing and will go straight to trial.
Dec 8, 2010
Murder trial for Laval mother accused of killing daughters to start in 2013
The murder trial of a Laval woman accused of killing her two young
daughters won't proceed until next year, court was told Thursday
morning.
Apr 5, 2012
Quebec mobster Joe De Vito dies in prison
Authorities are investigating after the former mobster Giuseppe De Vito died in prison on Sunday night.
Jul 8, 2013
Adele Sorella found guilty of murdering children
A jury has found Adele Sorella guilty of the first-degree murders of her two daughters.
Crime
Jun 24, 2013
Watch: Police interrogation video of Adele Sorella
MONTREAL – Watch the police interrogation video of Adele Sorella, the Laval mother accused of killing her two children.
Crime
May 24, 2013
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of decision granting Quebec woman third murder trial
Adele Sorella was first convicted in 2013 of first-degree murder in the deaths of her two young daughters, but that ruling was overturned on appeal in 2017.
Crime
Sep 29, 2022
‘I had become a burden’: Laval woman accused of killing her children testifies in court
Adele Sorella took the stand in her defence, recounting to the jury how her life took a turn following surgery to remove a brain tumour, which left her with physical disabilities and began her on a path to mental illness.
Crime
Jan 29, 2019
Adele Sorella found guilty of second-degree murder in daughters’ deaths
A Quebec jury has found Adele Sorella guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of her two young daughters, Amanda and Sabrina.
Canada
Mar 5, 2019
Suspected mobster Giuseppe De Vito captured by police
After spending nearly four years on the lam, Giuseppe De Vito is expected to make his first appearance Tuesday on drug trafficking charges in connection with Project Colisée.
Oct 5, 2010
Mother charged with killing daughters seeking bail
A 44-year-old woman charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her two young daughters is seeking bail more than a year after her arrest.
Jun 23, 2010
Added witnesses delay Sorella’s murder case
The case against Adele Sorella, the Laval woman accused of murdering her two daughters, has become complicated by an unexpected development.
Jan 10, 2011
Autopsy suggests mobster was killed with cyanide
Quebec's coroner's office says an inmate who died under suspicious circumstances in a federal penitentiary likely was poisoned with cyanide.
Crime
Dec 16, 2013
Timeline: Adele Sorella murder trial
A timeline of the key moments in the dramatic and tragic story leading up to the Adele Sorella murder trial.
Crime
Jul 19, 2013
‘The mystery remains whole’: Closing arguments begin in trial of Laval mother accused of killing her 2 girls
The lawyer for Adele Sorella, a Quebec mother accused of killing her two daughters, is questioning the work of investigators who analyzed the crime scene.
Crime
Feb 18, 2019
Laval woman accused of killing her daughters may have had ‘dissociative episode,’ trial hears
Gilles Chamberland told the court he didn't believe Adele Sorella was faking amnesia when she told the court she didn't remember much about the day her daughters Amanda and Sabrina De Vito died.
Crime
Jan 31, 2019