A Quebec City police badge is seen in Quebec City, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Quebec City police say a teenager is facing a first-degree murder charge in the sexual assault and killing of a 19-year-old woman at a home last October. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Quebec City police say they have arrested a teenager in the sexual assault and killing of a 19-year-old woman on Oct. 26.
The 16-year-old boy was arrested Monday and faces a first-degree murder charge and one count of armed sexual assault of Daphnée Jolivet.
The suspect also faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault of a 16-year-old.
Police say the teen is the same suspect who was charged with impaired driving and vehicle theft and whose arrest led police to a home on Oct. 26 in the city’s Limoilou district, where Jolivet was killed.
The teen was questioned by investigators and is expected to appear before a youth division Quebec court judge later today.
Police say the teen appears to have acted alone and that there was no link between the suspect and the two victims.
Jolivet’s death is the sixth homicide reported in the provincial capital in 2023, with police having made arrests in five of those cases.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 14, 2023.
