The remains of a young woman were found near the Saint-Grégoire-de-Montmorency cemetery in Beauport on Monday evening. It could be Isabelle Fortier, missing for more than a week.
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The search to find the 24-year-old young woman moved to the area on Monday, after receiving information that she was last seen on July 11, near a business on Boulevard des Chutes.
Isabelle Fortier, 24, has been missing since July 9
Provided by the SPVQ
A large deployment composed in particular of police officers, dog handlers and drones then began to search the borough during the day.
It was finally the volunteers of Search and Rescue Québec-metro who made the macabre discovery around 5 p.m. The body was found near a body of water at the edge of the cemetery.
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“We cannot formally confirm that it is Isabelle Fortier for the moment. It will be up to the coroner to identify the body,” said Marie-Pier Rivard, spokesperson for the Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ).
For the moment, the SPVQ does not rule out any hypothesis as to the reasons which led to the death of the young woman found. The forensic identification unit also went to the scene to analyze the scene on Monday evening.
Authorities had reason to fear for Isabelle Fortier’s health and safety when her family reported her missing on July 15. However, few details have been made public in this case.
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