Mom of missing Montreal toddler ‘in great distress,' will return to court for bail hearing in July
A bail hearing has been scheduled for next month for the mother of a three-year-old Montreal girl who was missing for three days before being found on an Ontario highway.
The toddler was found Wednesday on the side of Highway 417 near St. Albert, Ont. after her mother reported her missing on Sunday. An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) drone spotted her alone after police believe she spent the entire time all by herself with no food or water.
The girl's mother appeared in court again on Friday at the Valleyfield courthouse after she was arrested by Quebec provincial police Monday evening and charged with one count of child abandonment.
The Crown prosecutor requested and was granted a publication ban to protect the young girl's identity. As such, the name of the girl's mother, or anything else that would identify her, cannot be published.
The Crown is opposing her release from custody. A judge scheduled a two-day bail hearing on July 3 at the Valleyfield courthouse as the prosecution waits to receive more evidence from police. The accused mother was remanded into custody at the Leclerc detention centre for women in Laval and was ordered not to communicate with the victim or her father.
Missing Montreal toddler
A screenshot of a TikTok video of a mother and her child. The mother has been charged with one count of child abandonment after the girl went missing for three days. (Source: Noovo Info/TikTok)
No new charges were laid on Friday.
Her lawyer, Olivier Béliveau, told Noovo Info that he has not requested a psychiatric evaluation for his client at this time.
Béliveau described her as a 'woman who is in great distress' and that she was extremely relieved when she learned that her daughter had been found on Wednesday.
With files from CTV News' Olivia O'Malley and Noovo Info
- This is a developing story that will be updated.
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