The victim was found beside a parked car, at the rear parking lot of a building at the corner of Lévesque and 87e Avenue in Chomedey.

Published August 12 , 2009
By Martin C. Barry • TLN

The Laval Police are investigating what initially appears to be the seventh murder this year on their territory. The body of the victim, a person about 30 years of age, was laid out this morning on a yellow tarpaulin near a hedge next to a business at 4204 Lévesque Boulevard near 87th Avenue as a dozen or so police officers attempted to recreate the crime.
Noticed at 6 a.m.
The owner of the business called police at about 6 a.m. Monday after noticing a motionless body in the parking lot. Arriving on the scene, the police and ambulance attendants immediately concluded the victim was dead, said François Dumais, a spokesman for the Laval Police Department.
The identity of the victim was not revealed by the police. They have nonetheless ruled out that it is someone from the neighbourhood. It isn’t known whether the victim was killed on the scene where the body was found or somewhere else.
Despite its otherwise tranquil appearance, this part of Chomedey is acquiring an unsavoury reputation. Last month, a man was shot several times in front of his home on Lévesque Boulevard West, less than a mile from last Monday’s crime scene. Investigating the previous incident, police found a small quantity of narcotics.
Area in decline
The police, less than a week later and armed with search warrants, found some explosives in the home of the man who was shot, as well as materials for making detonators. The victim of that crime, Johnny Coutu, died of his injuries at the end of July.
The owners of some local businesses maintain prostitutes now ply their trade in the area, especially at night, and they often do so in local parking lots. Several streets in the neighbourhood were closed off on Monday as police conducted their investigation.

 Latest developments:

The victim, Sonia Frappier, was found beside a parked car,
at the rear parking lot of a building at the corner of Lévesque
and 87e Avenue in Chomedey


Laval Police asks citizens with any information on this case to
call police at 450-662-4636. All calls remain confidntial