Montreal mother charged in abandonment case to continue psychiatric evaluation

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SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment.

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SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD – The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment.

A Quebec court judge ordered the evaluation to continue at a Montreal psychiatric hospital during a brief court hearing today west of Montreal.

Judge Mylène Grégoire says the 30-day evaluation ordered a month earlier by another judge hasn’t been completed.

Crown prosecutor Lili Prévost-Grave speaks to media following a court hearing for the mother of a three-year-old in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Crown prosecutor Lili Prévost-Grave speaks to media following a court hearing for the mother of a three-year-old in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

The accused, whose name is subject to a publication ban to protect the young girl’s identity, will remain at the facility and return to court on Sept. 8.

Police found the woman’s three-year-old daughter alive and conscious in a field near a highway in Ontario on June 18, four days after the girl was reported missing.

The woman faces two counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 8, 2025.

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