They say the investigation is still ongoing.
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. — The mayor of a small Quebec town where an exhaustive provincial police manhunt for the missing father of two deceased sisters came to an end Saturday night says he’s confident authorities have done all they could to find him.
Bernard Ouellet, the mayor of St-Apollinaire, southwest of Quebec City, said there’s been a lot of stress and worry among residents in the area where sisters Norah and Romy Carpentier, aged 11 and 6, were found dead on July 11, triggering the manhunt for Carpentier. “We are on the lookout for new information allowing us to redeploy our staff in other sectors,” police said in a statement, adding other investigative techniques are also be employed, without elaborating.
While the entire province was devastated about the fate of the missing sisters, Ouellet said it hit hard in the town where they were found.Surete du Quebec officers block the road accessing a search area near Saint-Apollinaire, Que. on July 11, 2020.
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