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Montreal police investigate suspicious death involving vehicle fire

MONTREAL — Police in Montreal have recovered a body from the trunk of a car found torched Sunday in the borough of Ville-Marie. The fire was reported around 9 p.m.
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The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. A body was found in a burned vehicle Sunday night in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

MONTREAL — Police in Montreal have recovered a body from the trunk of a car found torched Sunday in the borough of  Ville-Marie.

The fire was reported around 9 p.m. and the car was found on Versailles Street, not far from Lucien-L’Allier subway station.

Police set up a perimeter around the vehicle, and the street was closed between Saint-Jacques and Saint-Antoine streets. 

The investigation has been turned over to the major crimes unit.

Arson investigators and forensics technicians have been called in.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2022.

The Canadian Press