The Montreal Fire Department was called to a townhouse complex on Bois-des-Caryers St, May 16th at approximately 10:30pm on report of a fire.

The body of a woman was found after the fire was extinguished. Montreal police believe the remains are those of a 61-year-old woman who had been listed as missing.

The cause of the fire has not been released, however police have called the death the 9th homicide of 2018.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

This year’s Montreal homicide victim list can be viewed here.