Quebec provincial police arrest suspect in 1979 killing in Bas-St-Laurent region
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This article was published 05/09/2025 (205 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
AMQUI – The Quebec provincial police cold case unit says it has resolved a 46-year-old homicide, with a male suspect facing a manslaughter charge.
Denis Desrosiers, 69, was arrested in connection with the February 1979 killing of Adrien Allard in Causapscal, Que., in the Bas-St-Laurent region northeast of Quebec City.
Provincial police say two men wearing snowmobile gear showed up at the home of Allard and his brother and attacked them.
The brothers defended themselves during the attack but Allard, 47, was killed.
Investigators questioned Desrosiers, also of Causapscal, in February 2025 and released him pending further investigation.
The charge against Desrosiers has not been tested in court.
The cold case unit says in a statement that evidence gathered at the time of the killing and new techniques allowed investigators to link the suspect to the crime.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 5, 2025.