Coroner confirms body found at river bank in Pierrefonds was missing teen who fell through ice in March: SPVM

Montreal police (SPVM) say that the coroner’s workplace has confirmed that the physique discovered washed up on the river financial institution Thursday in Pierrefonds was that of Hassoun Choui, the teenager who fell by way of the ice in March.

“The person is Mr. Hassoun Choui, who had been lacking since March 26 and was sadly recovered from the water by SPVM groups,” police stated.

On Thursday morning, SPVM acquired a 911 name at round 10:35 a.m. reporting the presence of a physique on the water’s edge behind a home close to Gouin West and Saint-Jean Boulevards in Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough.

A physique was discovered washed up on the financial institution of Rivière des Prairies behind a home in Montreal’s Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough on Might 7, 2026 (Harrison Goldberg, CityNews)

In March, two teenagers fell by way of the ice into the river close to Jacques-Bizard Boulevard in L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, west of the place the physique was discovered Thursday. Whereas one of many teenagers was rescued, a seek for an 18-year-old man was suspended after three days.

SPVM had handed off investigation to the coroner’s workplace to find out the individual’s identification and the way they died, with out figuring out the person.

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