Advocates urge action as Montreal police confirm taxi slaying was conjugal violence

Montreal police are confirming the discovery of two bodies inside a taxi cab in northeastern part of the city Friday was the result of conjugal violence.

Police say today that investigators believe a 52-year-old man killed his 40-year-old spouse before taking his own life.

It’s the sixth case of femicide in the province since the beginning of the year, a situation some advocates say has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, Montreal police were investigating another suspected case of domestic violence today in the Montreal borough of LaSalle.