Breakthrough in decades-old killing of Quebec 10-year-old girl
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A Quebec man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the 1994 killing of 10-year-old Marie-Chantale Desjardins.
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A Quebec inmate was arrested Tuesday in connection with the 1994 killing of 10-year-old Marie-Chantale Desjardins.
Quebec provincial police (SQ) say Réal Courtemanche, 61, was arrested at Établissement La Macaza, a medium-security prison about 190 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
On July 16, 1994, Desjardins, a Grade 3 student, vanished after leaving a friend's home in Sainte-Thérèse, Que., on her bicycle.
Multiple witnesses reported seeing her at the local billiard bar on Turgeon Street that day.
In a press release, police said the victim frequented this location, "especially in the two weeks prior to her disappearance."
She visited a friend's home in the late afternoon and was last spotted on her bike heading east on Turgeon Street around 9:30 p.m., according to the SQ.
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