US EditionMontreal police resolve cold case from 2008 using genetic genealogy to ID killer
Montreal police used advanced DNA and genealogical methods to identify Jacques Bolduc as the 2008 killer of Catherine Daviau, resolving a case after nearly 17 years.
- Jacques Bolduc was identified as the killer of Catherine Daviau in the 2008 cold case murder using genetic genealogy techniques.
- Bolduc, who died in 2021, had contacted Daviau days before the murder after she listed her vehicle for sale online.
- Police say Bolduc attempted to set fire to Daviau's apartment to cover up evidence, but investigators still found DNA traces at the scene.
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A criminal was identified by the Montreal police as the perpetrator of the brutal murder of young Catherine Daviau, which occurred almost 17 years ago.
The SPVM announced on Wednesday that it had resolved the murder of Catherine Daviau, murdered in 2008 in Montreal, thanks to genetic genealogy.
Montreal Police Resolve Cold Case From 2008 Using Genetic Genealogy to ID Killer
Montreal police say they’ve resolved a long-standing cold case using genetic genealogy to identify the man who killed a woman in her apartment in 2008. Catherine Daviau, 26, was killed in her Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie apartment in December 2008. Police identified Jacques Bolduc as the man who killed Daviau. Bolduc died of natural causes in 2021 at the Archambault Institution, where he was serving time for two robberies and two attempted murders.…
Montreal police solve 2008 cold case murder of Catherine Daviau, using genetic genealogy to ID killer
Montreal police have solved a nearly 17-year-old cold case. The SPVM announced Wednesday that they solved the murder of Catherine Daviau, a 26-year-old woman killed in her home in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough in Dec. 2008. Police say the DNA of Jacques Bolduc, who died of natural causes in 2021 at the Archambault Institution, where […]
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