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21 hours ago
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Montreal mom accused of child abandonment to remain in custody until bail decision next week
Quebec provincial police officers seen during a search for a missing three-year-old girl, who was found in Ontario on June 18, 2025. (CTV News) A judge is expected to decide next week whether a Montreal mother charged after allegedly abandoning her three-year-old daughter on the side of a highway last month will be released from custody. The 34-year-old woman returned to court Friday for a second day in a row as she awaits the judge's ruling on whether or not she should be granted bail. Wearing a grey sweater with her hair tied back and braided, she testified for the first time in court, sometimes wiping tears from her eyes after speaking. The day before, she broke down in tears as she listened to the testimony of a Quebec provincial police officer. The Crown prosecutor is asking the court to keep the mother in custody. The name of the woman cannot be published in order to respect the privacy of the child, whose identity is protected by a publication ban. There is also a routine publication ban prohibiting any information relating to evidence presented at the bail hearing from being released. On Thursday, the mother was charged with a second offence, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, which can carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. According to a charge sheet, she is accused of failing to 'provide the necessaries of life for a child' under the age of 16 as a parent. Lili Prévost-Grave Prosecutor Lili Prévost-Grave speaks to the media after a court hearing for the Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in a rural area of Ontario, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) On the afternoon of June 15, the mother entered a store in Coteau-du-Lac, Que. telling workers that she had no memory of the whereabouts of her daughter for the past several hours. The following day, she was arrested and charged with unlawful abandonment of a child. After the child's disappearance, a massive police search was launched, involving helicopters, drones, and more than 150 police officers and volunteers. The child was eventually found alive by an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) drone on June 18 on the side of Highway 417 near St. Albert, Ont., about 150 kilometres west of the family home in Montreal. The bail hearing continues Friday afternoon. With files from CTV News' Swidda Rassy.
CTV News
2 days ago
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Mother who allegedly abandoned Montreal girl in Ontario field charged with criminal negligence
Prosecutor Lili Prévost-Grave speaks to the media after a court hearing for the Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in a rural area of Ontario, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The 34-year-old woman appeared in court this morning as part of her bail hearing at the courthouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., west of Montreal. She has already been charged with unlawful abandonment of a child after allegedly leaving her three-year-old daughter in a rural area two weeks ago. The accused, whose name is under a publication ban to protect her daughter's identity, broke down in tears as she listened to the testimony of a Quebec provincial police officer. The mother reported her daughter missing on June 15 and told police she had no memory of the previous six hours. On June 18 the girl was found alive and conscious near a highway by Ontario Provincial Police officers who had launched their own search. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 3, 2025.
