CANADA CANADA - Catherine Daviau, 26, Montreal, Quebec, 11 Dec 2008

Montreal police have renewed calls for any new information into the homicide of 26-year-old Catherine Daviau, found dead in her Rosemont apartment in 2008.

On the evening of Dec. 11, 2008, a 911 call was made to report a fire on 5th Avenue in Rosemont.

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When firefighters arrived, they found Daviau dead in her bed. Her body showed signs of violence and investigators suspected she had been sexually assaulted.

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"However, they made a mistake and left behind some DNA," he said.

Police urge anybody with information to call the major crimes unit at 514-280-2052 or Info-Crime at 514-393-1133.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008, Catherine DAVIAU 27 years old, a young woman without history was found dead in her apartment in the Rosemont neighborhood during an intervention of the Montreal Fire Department at her home located on 5th Avenue following a call to the "911" of a neighbor who had noticed the fire. Following the discovery of the body, Montreal firefighters appealed to the SPVM. During the stage cover, the police quickly realized that the young woman had been murdered. Catherine DAVIAU was found on the bed of her room, she bore signs of violence. The investigators of the Major Crimes section of the SPVM suspect that the attacker started the fire to hide his crime.

During the investigation, the police learned that that day Catherine DAVIAU had worked all day in a company on the West Island of Montreal as she has done for a few years. After her shift at around 4:30 pm, she left her job and drove home on the highway 40 to East. Given the heavy traffic on that day, police believe she would have arrived home about an hour later. The investigation also revealed that the victim had used his cell phone shortly after 5:30 pm to communicate with an acquaintance.

A neighbor called the "911" around 7:07 pm. When the firefighters arrived all the exits were closed and locked, suggesting that the victim had let in the attacker and that there had been no escape. 'breaking in.

Given the likely arrival of the victim at home and the time of the "911" call, the aggressor's window of opportunity was a little over an hour .

As part of the SPVM investigation for several years, the family, neighbors, friends and acquaintances Catherine DAVIAU were met by the police, but, to date, no solid line of inquiry has been identified to elucidate the gratuitous murder of this young woman without history, brutally assaulted, inside her home in the Rosemont neighborhood

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Catherine DAVIAU - Service de police de la Ville de Montréal - SPVM

spvm.qc.ca

Date of the event	December 11, 2008
Last Name	DAVIAU
First Name	Catherine
Age	26
Description of the event	Murder of a 26 year old women residing at 5165 5th avenue in Montreal. Catherine Daviau was a woman living on her own. The suspect succeded in enterring her home. He sexually attacked and killed the young woman. The suspect then set fire to her home and left the premises. The fire department then responded and found the lifeless body.
Description of the person	Thin woman with blonde/chestnut hair
Case number	44-081211-035
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bykerladi said:

Does anyone know of the DNA banks are country specific? Montreal isn't that far from the US border - I wonder if it would match a US DNA sample.

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