Police ID mom, daughter killed in Old Montreal; video shows person break into building before fatal fire
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Police released the identities of the mother and daughter who were killed after a fire tore through a 160-year-old building in Old Montreal on Friday.
Police released the identities of the mother and daughter who were killed after a fire tore through a 160-year-old building in Old Montreal on Friday.
The victims are Léonor Geraudie, 42, and her seven-year-old daughter, Vérane Reynaud-Geraudie. Both were French nationals.
Their bodies were pulled from the rubble in the three-storey building and identified by Coroner Géhane Kamel.
Montreal police (SPVM) held a press conference Saturday afternoon, hours after a video surfaced showing a person dressed in black clothing appearing to break into the building at the corner of Notre-Dame Street East and Bonsecours Street in the city's historic district.
The surveillance video, obtained by Noovo Info, shows the individual kicking down the door at the front entrance and then leaving moments later as smoke appears to come out of the entrance. The person then flees on foot.
Insp. David Shane told reporters Saturday that the SPVM would not release any information about the possible cause of the fire or details of a possible suspect "in order not to hinder the investigation," led by the major crime unit and the arson section.
