US EditionMother who allegedly abandoned Montreal girl charged with criminal negligence
ONTARIO, JUL 3 – The mother faces charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment after a three-year-old was found dehydrated but alive following a three-day search, police said.
- A 34-year-old Montreal mother appeared in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield court on June 18, 2025, charged with criminal negligence for abandoning her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario.
- The mother contacted authorities on June 15 to report her three-year-old daughter missing, stating she could not recall the events of the previous six hours, which led to an extensive police search.
- Ontario Provincial Police found the dehydrated and hungry girl alive near Highway 417 by St. Albert, about 150 km west of Montreal.
- Prosecutors opposed the mother’s release at her June 18 bail hearing, citing public interest and stating she could receive care in detention, while her lawyer proposed a release plan to provide needed support.
- The bail hearing continues amid publication bans to protect identities, and the charges include causing bodily harm by failing to provide necessaries of life.
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Mother Who Allegedly Abandoned Montreal Girl Charged With Criminal Negligence
The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The 34-year-old woman appeared in court this morning as part of her bail hearing at the courthouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., west of Montreal. She has already been charged with unlawful abandonment of a child after allegedly leaving her three-year-old daughter in a rural area two weeks …
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