Guylaine Potvin

• Man who killed Quebec student in 2000 pleads guilty to separate attempted murder

  Marc-André Grenon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, which he will serve at the same time as the 25-year sentence for Guylaine Potvin's murder. 

  Crime

  Jun 7, 2024
  
• Quebec cold case conviction highlights advances in DNA research techniques

  The the speed of the Grenon verdict 'speaks for itself in terms of just how compelling this technique is,' a criminologist and professor at Western University said.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2024
  
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• Marc-André Grenon guilty in 2000 murder of Quebec college student

  A jury has found Marc-André Grenon guilty of first-degree murder in the 2000 death of Quebec college student Guylaine Potvin. He was also found guilty of sexually assaulting her.

  Crime

  Feb 20, 2024
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• Quebec cold case murder: Defence says accused killed victim but denies premeditation

  The Criminal Code of Canada defines first-degree murder as “planned and deliberate," however a murder is also first degree if it occurs in the course of a sexual assault.

  Crime

  Feb 15, 2024
• Quebec cold case murder trial: Pathologist says victim died from strangulation

  Guylaine Potvin was found dead in April 2000 in her apartment in Jonquière, now part of Saguenay, some 215 kilometres north of Quebec City.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2024
• Quebec suspect in decades old murder and sex assault may have other victims: police

  Police say they suspect there are other victims, including minors, connected to Grenon. A police unit that investigates serial offenders has been transferred to the case.

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2022
• Quebec man charged in decades old murder after beefed-up cold case unit marks 1st arrest

  A Crown prosecutor says Marc-André Grenon was charged with the murder of Guylaine Potvin, a 19-year-old who was found dead in her apartment in Jonquière, Que., in 2000.

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2022
• Quebec provincial police make arrest 22 years after homicide of college student

  Authorities say the investigation into the death found similarities with another case from July 2000, in which a second female student was assaulted and left for dead.

  Crime

  Oct 12, 2022