Teen Charged with Attempted Murder, Sexual Assault in Attack that Injured Young Girl in Quadeville, Ont.: OPP
QUADEVILLE, ONTARIO, JUL 10 – A 17-year-old boy faces charges after an attack initially mistaken for an animal incident; police found no animal DNA and maintain the investigation is ongoing.
- A teen from eastern Ontario has been charged with attempted murder and sexual assault after a child was attacked in Quadeville last month.
- Ontario Provincial Police responded to a missing child report on June 24, finding the child with life-threatening injuries the following morning.
- Early evidence pointed to an animal attack, but testing showed no traces of animal DNA in the child's wounds.
- A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged following the investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police.
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What’s known about the attack on eight-year-old girl in Quadeville, Ont.
Residents of a small eastern Ontario community will be seeking answers at a police town hall on Saturday about a disturbing attack on an eight-year-old girl that investigators initially linked to an animal, prompting fear and confusion.
In Assault Initially Blamed on an Animal, Teen Charged With Attempted Murder for Attack on 8-Year-Old Girl
A 17-year-old boy is facing attempted murder charges in connection with an assault on a young girl that initially was suspected to be an animal attack in a small community west of Ottawa. The assault has left the child in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued an advisory urging parents to keep young children indoors after a missing eight-year-old was found on June 25 in Quadeville, southeast of B…
The Ontario police will meet with the community of Quadeville, heavily shaken by the violent attack by a teenager on an 8-year-old child.
'You can't get tunnel vision': Charges laid against teen in violent Quadeville incident after animal attack considered
Patricia Boal is joined by OPP Spokesperson Bill Dickson with further details on the ongoing investigation and new charges against a 17-year-old male in Quadeville. The teenager is facing charges of attempted murder and sexual assault with a weapon on a person under 16.

'Sense of shock' in Quadeville, Ont., after teen charged in attack on eight-year-old
A tight-knit village in eastern Ontario is shaken after learning that a teenager was charged with attempted murder and sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl in what police initially suspected to be an animal attack.
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