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The victim found dead near a biker club in Frampton, Beauce, on the night of Sunday to Monday, is believed to be a Montreal teenager aged just 14, La Presse learned from several sources.
This information has not been confirmed by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), which still considers the case to be a suspicious death, three days after the events.
According to our information, the victim's body was covered in severe burns, but one of the hypotheses, among others, is that the teenager may have inflicted his injuries on himself.
According to our sources, the death of the teenager is linked to the war that gangs from the regions of Quebec, Saguenay and Montreal are waging against the Hells Angels for control of the drug market in eastern Quebec.
According to our information, the teenager found dead would have hung around gang members from the Saint-Léonard district of Montreal.
According to our information, the victim's family lives in the east end of Montreal, and the teenager, and at least one other young person, were initially the subject of a missing persons investigation by the Montreal Police Department, before it was transferred to the SQ.
According to our sources, the other young people considered to have disappeared with the victim have returned to their families.
"We do not yet have the formal identity of the victim. The identity is the responsibility of the coroner's office. There are currently several hypotheses on the table, some more serious than others," Lieutenant Benoit Richard of the Sûreté du Québec told La Presse .
Fire on the 112
This sordid affair began around 1:30 a.m. on the night of the 15th to the 16th, when SQ police officers were called to a burning vehicle on Route 112 in Frampton.
The fire being of suspicious origin, the police launched an investigation which quickly led them to the premises of the Hells Angels of Quebec and the Red Devils, their training club, located about a kilometer away, on the 2nd row .
When police arrived at the premises, a Hells Angels member was on site. Patrol officers visited the location and found the victim's body at the back of the building.
The Hells Angels member was met by SQ Crimes Against the Person investigators on Monday and released, pending further investigation.
Brief lull
Last winter, the Sûreté du Québec carried out a major operation called Scandaleux in the regions of Québec and Saguenay and made around twenty arrests, mainly in the camp of the Hells Angels' enemy gangs.
After a brief lull, violence resumed this summer and intensified recently, when two individuals considered to be close to the Hells Angels were the targets of attacks.
Shots were fired at the residence of Jean-Noël "Sarto" Lacroix, while vehicles belonging to his company were set on fire. Patrick Laurendeau was injured by firearm projectiles while he was behind the wheel of his vehicle.
However, it is too early to conclude that these events were ordered by the Hells Angels' enemy gangs.
Nothing bucolic anymore
The presence of the Red Devils' hideout has caused a lot of commotion over the past year in Frampton, a quiet town of 1,300 people, and every new incident in the area is closely scrutinised because of the potential wider implications for organised crime.
Henchmen had tried to set fire to the building last May, but were spotted by bikers guarding the premises, gunfire erupted and one man was injured. The attackers had been linked by several sources to the Blood Family Mafia (BFM) gang, which is waging war on the Hells Angels.
Shots were also fired in the area in 2023. Police have also conducted a search of the biker den in the past.
BFM gang leader Dave Turmel was recently added to the list of Quebec's 10 most wanted criminals. One of his alleged allies, All Boivin, who is considered a major drug trafficker in Saguenay, had already been on the list since 2023.
The mayor of Quebec has publicly asked on more than one occasion for additional resources to help his municipal police service deal with the recent wave of violence.
