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CBC
7 days ago
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- CBC
Couple found guilty of 1st-degree murder in Montreal despite no known cause of death
Social Sharing A jury has found a couple guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of a woman three years ago in Montreal's east end — despite the victim's cause of death never being determined. In May 2022, Odna Daudier was found dead in her car in Rivière-des-Prairies. The Crown argued that Jacques Adonai Charpentier and his new girlfriend, Mélissa Estimé, planned the murder because Charpentier was obsessed with Daudier, his ex. To kill her, the couple used an undetectable poison concocted in Haiti, the Crown said. Tracking her movements with the GPS unit in her car, they attacked Daudier in her driveway and then transported her body to Rivière-des-Prairies where it was later discovered, according to the Crown. But Crown prosecutor Philippe Vallières-Rolland says the cause of death was never established by the coroner. He said there aren't many historical examples of first-degree murder convictions without a known cause of death, making this an unusual, challenging case, he told reporters after the verdict on Monday. But because of surveillance cameras and cellphone data, the Crown was able to prove the couple's guilt, he said. "Without that, I don't think we could have managed," Vallières-Rolland said. First-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years. Another example of someone being convicted of first-degree murder despite no known cause of death is in the case of Lyne Massicotte, whose body was never found.
CTV News
7 days ago
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- CTV News
Montreal jury finds man, woman guilty of first-degree murder in killing of man's ex-wife
A Montreal jury has found a man and a woman each guilty of first-degree murder in the death of the man's ex-wife. On Monday, jurors found that Jacques Adonai Charpentier and his new love, Melissa Estimé, worked together to kill Charpentier's former spouse, Odna Daudier, in 2022. Crown prosecutor Philippe Vallières-Roland had argued during the trial that Charpentier tried more than once to kill Daudier before finally using an 'undetectable poison' transported to Montreal in a Coca-Cola bottle. Coca-Cola bottle A photo of a Coca-Cola bottle related to the trial of Jacques Adonai Charpentier and Melissa Estimé. (Noovo Info) At the outset of trial, the Crown said that one of the challenges in prosecuting the case was the fact that Daudier's cause of death had not been established. The prosecution relied on text messages exchanged between the two co-accused as evidence in the trial. 'Because of cameras and also the contents of the cellphones, we were able to prove that case. Without that, I don't think we could have managed,' Vallières-Roland told reporters outside the courtroom on Monday. Jacques Adonai Charpentier and Melissa Estimé A courtroom sketch of Jacques Adonai Charpentier and Melissa Estimé during their trial. (Source: Chloe Baillargeon/Noovo Info) According to the Crown, Charpentier had trouble accepting the separation from his former wife and later became 'literally obsessed' with her and decided 'he wanted to kill her.' He tried once but a woman intervened, and she later ended up being a witness at the trial. The prosecutor said Charpentier asked Estimé to get poison from the Dominican Republic and then on May 28 they carried out their plan. 'They had the GPS on her car and they waited for her to ambush her and they actually attacked her in her driveway and they brought her in Riviere-des-Prairies to leave her there dead,' Vallières-Roland said in a brief summary of the case after the verdict was reached. With files from CTV Montreal's Stéphane Giroux and Noovo Info
