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Mother of 3-Year-Old Montreal Girl Denied Bail in Ontario Abandonment Case

07/12/2025
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Mother of 3-Year-Old Montreal Girl Denied Bail in Ontario Abandonment Case
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🚨 Mother of Three-Year-Old Montreal Girl Denied Bail in Abandonment Case

The mother accused of abandoning her three-year-old daughter in a field near a highway in Ontario burst into tears on Friday as a judge told her she was being denied bail.

The 34-year-old woman, whose name is under a publication ban to protect the girl’s identity, was ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric evaluation at a hospital in the Montreal region.

She will return to court in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., west of Montreal, on Aug. 8. The mother has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child.

She reported her daughter missing on June 15 at a store in Coteau-du-Lac, Que., west of Montreal, and told police she had no memory of the previous six hours or of the girl’s whereabouts.

After days of intensive searches, the girl was found alive and conscious on June 18 by Ontario Provincial Police officers who were using a drone when they spotted her near a road, 50 kilometres west of the Quebec boundary.

On Friday, the accused nodded her head as Quebec Court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud explained to her that she was being sent to be evaluated.

Crown prosecutor Lili Prévost-Gravel said she was satisfied with the outcome.

“The job of the crown is to make sure that the public is safe, so I’m proud that the judge looked at the (evidence)… and decided to keep her detained,” she told reporters outside the courtroom.

Prévost-Gravel said the woman has the option to appeal the judge’s decision.

The woman’s lawyer said he would evaluate his client’s options.

A publication ban was issued for any evidence heard during last week’s bail hearings, meaning neither the testimony heard in court nor the reasons for the judge’s decision can be reported.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2025.

Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press

Source: https://www.ckom.com/2025/07/12/mother-of-three-year-old-montreal-girl-denied-bail-in-abandonment-case/

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🚨 La mère d’une fillette de trois ans de Montréal reste détenue en lien avec une affaire d’abandon

La mère accusée d’avoir abandonné sa fille de trois ans dans un champ près d’une autoroute en Ontario a fondu en larmes vendredi lorsque le juge lui a annoncé qu’elle se voyait refuser sa libération sous caution.

La femme de 34 ans, dont le nom est frappé d’une interdiction de publication pour protéger l’identité de la fillette, a été envoyée à l’hôpital dans la région de Montréal pour une évaluation psychiatrique de 30 jours.

Elle reviendra devant la cour à Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, à l’ouest de Montréal, le 8 août. Elle fait face à des accusations de négligence criminelle ayant causé des lésions corporelles et d’abandon illégal d’un enfant.

Elle avait signalé la disparition de sa fille le 15 juin dans un magasin à Coteau-du-Lac, à l’ouest de Montréal, disant aux policiers qu’elle n’avait aucun souvenir des six heures précédentes ni du lieu où se trouvait l’enfant.

Après plusieurs jours de recherches intensives, la fillette a été retrouvée vivante et consciente le 18 juin par des agents de la Police provinciale de l’Ontario, qui l’ont repérée grâce à un drone près d’une route, à 50 kilomètres à l’ouest de la frontière du Québec.

Vendredi, l’accusée a hoché la tête pendant que le juge Bertrand St-Arnaud de la Cour du Québec lui expliquait qu’elle allait être envoyée en évaluation.

La procureure de la Couronne, Lili Prévost-Gravel, s’est dite satisfaite de l’issue de l’audience.

« Le rôle de la Couronne est de s’assurer de la sécurité du public, donc je suis fière que le juge ait examiné la preuve (…) et ait décidé de la garder détenue », a-t-elle déclaré aux journalistes à la sortie de la salle d’audience.

Elle a précisé que la femme avait la possibilité d’interjeter appel de la décision du juge.

L’avocat de l’accusée a indiqué qu’il allait évaluer les options de sa cliente.

Une interdiction de publication a été émise concernant les éléments de preuve entendus lors des audiences de la semaine dernière sur la remise en liberté sous caution, ce qui signifie que ni les témoignages entendus en cour ni les motifs de la décision du juge ne peuvent être rapportés.

Ce reportage de La Presse Canadienne a été publié pour la première fois le 11 juillet 2025.

Pierre Saint-Arnaud, La Presse Canadienne

Source : https://www.ckom.com/2025/07/12/mother-of-three-year-old-montreal-girl-denied-bail-in-abandonment-case/

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