Police released the identities of the mother and daughter who were killed after a fire tore through a 160-year-old building in Old Montreal on Friday.
The victims are Léonor Geraudie, 42, and her seven-year-old daughter, Vérane Reynaud-Geraudie. Both were French nationals.
Their bodies were pulled from the rubble in the three-storey building and identified by Coroner Géhane Kamel.
Montreal police (SPVM) held a press conference Saturday afternoon, hours after a video surfaced showing a person dressed in black clothing appearing to break into the building at the corner of Notre-Dame Street East and Bonsecours Street in the city’s historic district.
A screenshot of a surveillance video obtained by Noovo Info showing an individual leave a building at Notre-Dame St. East and Bonsecours Street in Old Montreal after breaking into it. (Source: Noovo Info)
The surveillance video, obtained by Noovo Info, shows the individual kicking down the door at the front entrance and then leaving moments later as smoke appears to come out of the entrance. The person then …