Quebec Cold Case Murder Trial: Pathologist Says Teen Victim Died From Strangulation
Published on January 23, 2024
A 19-year-old Quebec woman who was killed in her apartment nearly 24 years ago suffered multiple injuries and ultimately died of strangulation, a pathologist told a jury on Jan. 23. Dr. Caroline Tanguay took the stand in the Saguenay, Que., murder trial of Marc-André Grenon, who is charged with the first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault of Guylaine Potvin. Ms. Potvin was found dead in April 2000 in her apartment in Jonquière, now part of Saguenay, some 215 kilometres north of Quebec City. The trial has heard that Mr. Grenon, who has pleaded not guilty, was arrested 22 years after the crime, after DNA on two drinking straws he had discarded was allegedly found to be a match with evidence from the crime scene....