Four more bodies found in Lac-Megantic
Posted Jul 12, 2013 05:27:34 AM.
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LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. – Four more bodies have been found in Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
The grim discovery brings the official death toll to 24.
However, police say the number of dead is likely much higher. They say there are 50 people missing and they are all presumed dead.
Police have released the first name of a victim: 93-year-old Elianne Parenteau.
They are warning people to stay away from the closed-off downtown core _ which is considered a crime scene.
They say they arrested someone, a 53-year-old-man from outside the region, for stepping into what they’re calling the “red zone.”
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