Janvier Leroux formally identified
The SPS search and rescue group had established its command post at the Réal-D.-Carbonneau marsh to coordinate the search.
Share October 1, 2020 8:40 a.m. Updated at 3:17 p.m. Share Janvier Leroux formally identified
René-Charles Quirion La Tribune It is indeed the body of Janvier Leroux which was found, Wednesday afternoon, on the banks of the Saint-François river.
The Sherbrooke Police Department (SPS) officially unveiled the identity of the 82-year-old man on Thursday morning.
“We proceeded to its formal identification in collaboration with the coroner's office,” confirms the spokesperson for the SPS, Martin Carrier.
The investigation is continuing to establish the circumstances surrounding the death of the octogenarian.
“We are assisting the coroner for the rest of the inquest in order to establish the causes of this sad affair,” said the spokesperson for the SPS.
Recall that the SPS search and rescue team deployed troops to find Janvier Leroux who had left his home on Tuesday afternoon.
It was a police officer in the Sûreté du Québec helicopter who located the man on the banks of the Saint-François River around 2:30 p.m.
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The search was intensified, Wednesday, to find the octogenarian who presented cognitive problems.
The SPS search and rescue group had established its command post at the Réal-D.-Carbonneau marsh to coordinate the search.
The operational support, the ATV squad, investigators from the SPS, the firefighters of the Sherbrooke fire protection service with his boats, the dog handler of the Sûreté du Québec as well as a drone and the helicopter had been deployed. as part of this search to find the 82-year-old man.
