Quebec woman charged with murdering her three kids confirmed dead

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 Jan, 2015 10:31 AM

MONTREAL — A Crown prosecutor in Quebec is confirming the death of a woman who was charged with murdering her three young children.

Rene Verret says Sonia Blanchette has died but he is not confirming a Radio-Canada report she starved herself to death in a Montreal hospital.

Blanchette was to appear in court today to have a date set for her first-degree murder trial.

She was charged in the December 2012 deaths of Lorelie, 5, Loic, 4, and Anais, 2.

They were found dead in her apartment in Drummondville, midway between Montreal and Quebec City.

A coroner ruled the two youngest children drowned while the oldest child was killed by a combination of strangling and drowning.

Photo Credit: Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press

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