Police in Montreal are asking households to verify the burial websites of their family members after investigators uncovered a collection of thefts focusing on funeral houses throughout the area. Montreal police (SPVM) stated a Montreal couple was arrested Might 14 in reference to a number of break-ins over the previous yr.
Police allege the suspects compelled open columbarium niches to steal jewellery and different valuables positioned with the stays of the deceased. The break-ins occurred at funeral centres throughout the Montreal space, Laval, the North Shore and so far as Saint-Hyacinthe on the South Shore. Investigators recovered a considerable amount of jewellery in the course of the investigation and are actually attempting to find the rightful house owners.
Police recognized the suspects as André Diderot Gustave, 49, and Christina Loubounakis, 50. Loubounakis is described as a white girl, about 1.7 metres tall and weighing 90 kilograms, with brown eyes and black hair that’s normally tied again. Gustave is described as a Black man, about 1.85 metres tall and weighing 110 kilograms, with black eyes and a shaved head.
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Authorities imagine some households is probably not conscious that their beloved one’s area of interest was focused. The SPVM is urging each kin and funeral house representatives to verify the situation of the niches. Any thefts found in a columbarium or mausoleum ought to be reported promptly to the police division in that jurisdiction. In Montreal, reviews will be made at native neighbourhood stations.
Households who imagine they’ve been affected — together with those that have already filed a criticism however want to get better property — are requested to contact their native police service with the next particulars:
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- Identify of the deceased
- Detailed description of the lacking objects, together with images if accessible
- Location of the area of interest, together with the identify of the funeral house and the area of interest quantity
- Approximate timeframe of the theft
The investigation is ongoing.