{"id":118247,"date":"2017-09-17T22:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T02:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118247"},"modified":"2017-09-17T22:27:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T02:27:44","slug":"father-of-boy-who-was-the-subject-of-an-amber-alert-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/17\/father-of-boy-who-was-the-subject-of-an-amber-alert-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ugo Fredette appeared in court by videolink earlier in the day from a police station in Renfrew, Ont., where he had been held since his arrest on Friday night. (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MONTREAL\u2014A man who was arrested after police found his six-year-old son, who had been the subject of an Amber Alert, remained in an Ontario hospital Sunday.<\/p>\n

The boy vanished from St-Eustache, Que., on Thursday and his father was apprehended in Ontario nearly 24 hours later. By then, the body of the boy’s mother had also been discovered in the family home.<\/p>\n

Ontario Provincial Police say the man suffered injuries that required medical assessment and he was sent to hospital Saturday.<\/p>\n

The man appeared in court by videolink earlier in the day from a police station in Renfrew, Ont., where he had been held since his arrest on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Quebec provincial police won’t comment on what charges he might face when he returns to his home province.<\/p>\n

As of late Sunday, it was not clear when the man would be transferred to Quebec police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis man will be back in Quebec when his health conditions are better,\u201d spokesman Claude Denis said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, volunteers and police officers spent Sunday searching for a 71-year-old man who has been missing from Lachute, Que., west of Montreal, since Friday.<\/p>\n

Yvon Lacasse had been using the car in which the six-year-old boy was found safe.<\/p>\n

Denis says investigators have been contacted by a motorcyclist who could be a useful witness.<\/p>\n

Police had images from a surveillance camera that showed a motorcyclist in Lachute who may have seen Lacasse’s car Thursday at about 6 p.m.\u2014the time police say the car was stolen.<\/p>\n

The spokesman says police are now looking for another witness, a man in his forties. They have posted a composite sketch of a bearded man on social media.<\/p>\n

Denis says the man was seen around Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Friday in the company of someone police believe is linked to the death of the boy’s mother.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, police have asked motorists, campers and others living in the area between Lachute and Rouyn-Noranda to check ditches, cabins and backyards as the search for Lacasse continues.<\/p>\n

He is described as bald with brown eyes, 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs just under 100 pounds.<\/p>\n

Police are asking anyone who thinks they may have seen him to call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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