US EditionMissing Quebec toddler's mother arrested and charged with child abandonment
QUEBEC, CANADA, JUN 17 – Rachel-Ella Todd faces child abandonment charges after reportedly leaving her daughter outside a store, with police and volunteers using helicopters and dogs in the ongoing search, officials said.
- Quebec police arrested Rachel-Ella Todd, 34, on Tuesday after her three-year-old daughter Claire Bell went missing Sunday in Montreal's LaSalle borough.
- Todd reportedly parked outside a Coteau-du-Lac store around 3 p.m. Sunday and told staff she could not find Claire, leading to charges of child abandonment.
- Police and volunteers have searched multiple areas including LaSalle, Coteau-du-Lac, Vaudreuil-Dorion, and Ontario using helicopters, drones, and tracking dogs under difficult conditions.
- Claire Bell, a toddler measuring about three feet in height with brown eyes and hair, was last spotted dressed in a white long-sleeved top featuring a pink collar, gray trousers, and no footwear; additionally, authorities discovered a dog resembling the family’s chihuahua deceased near the intersection of highways 20 and 30.
- Police continue the search focusing on the Vaudreuil-Dorion area and advise only trained personnel to assist, while Todd faces ongoing legal proceedings with bail opposed due to the seriousness of the offense.
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In Montérégie, the SQ is looking for Claire Bell, 3, who has been missing since Sunday. The child's dog has been found dead and her mother is accused of giving up a child.
Mother of 3-Year-Old Girl Who Went Missing Charged in Quebec With Child Abandonment
The mother of a three-year-old girl missing since Sunday has been charged with child abandonment, as Quebec police continue to search for the toddler. Rachel-Ella Todd, 34, has been charged with one count of unlawful abandonment of a child. Claire Bell, 3, was last seen Sunday morning in Montreal’s LaSalle borough, and was reported missing at around 3 p.m. that day in Coteau-du-Lac, Que., about 50 kilometres to the west. Todd appeared briefly in…
Rachel Todd, the mother of the three-year-old girl Claire Bell, who has been missing since Sunday morning, was accused of child abandonment last night, La Presse learned.
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