The 2022 Laval Homicide Victim List is available here

Laval police responded to a 911 report of a home invasion on May 24th at 1:55 a.m. According to reports, Eduardo Larenas, 42, and Gladys Rosana Lopez, 50 told police they had just been robbed at their residence on Place du Cormoran, in the Ste-Rose district, and had taken refuge at a family member’s home.

Police arrived to find a 17-year-old male deceased inside the home.  Sûreté du Québec has taken over the investigation, and Laval police believe the homicide is tied to organized crime.

As a result of the investigation, Eduardo Larenas, 41, was charged with second-degree murder on May 25th and Gladys Rosana Lopez, 50, was charged with being an accomplice after the fact.

Update: Edouardo Larenas, has been found not guilty of murder following a 2022 home invasion at his residence in Laval, Quebec.

As first reported by the Montreal Gazette, Larenas’ residence was targeted twice on May 23, 2022. It was during the second intrusion that he found himself in a life-or-death confrontation with an armed 17-year-old. The altercation turned fatal when the teen was stabbed with his own knife. On the stand, Larenas said he does not remember delivering the stab wound and suggested the injury may have happened after he managed to disarm the intruder.

Following three days of deliberations, a 12-person jury found Larenas not guilty on February 18th 2026, accepting the possibility that he acted in self-defense and finding no clear motive for murder. While investigators initially floated the idea of organized crime ties, Larenas and his wife maintained they were targeted because of an inheritance. His wife, Gladys Rosana Lopez, had also been charged in connection with the case but was cleared earlier due to a lack of evidence. Because the deceased was under 18, his name has not been made public.