The family’s patriarch had apparently died of a heart attack and they didn’t want to deal with American hospitals and health care
A vacation to Florida ended tragically for the Drapeau family of Quebec, whose patriarch Fernand, 87, died on the drive home.
It wasn’t until they got to the Canada-U.S. border at Hemmingford, Que., that the Drapeaus were stopped and searched. It’s unclear at what point in the road trip exactly the man had died. Authorities believe he had been dead for at least a day before the family reached the Canadian border.Fernand Drapeau apparently began to experience health problems near the beginning of the trip and died on the road.
“We said everything we knew to police,” the dead man’s son, Louis, told the Journal de Montréal. While no charges have been laid yet, authorities have not ruled out the possibility.
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