Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides, 1917-2007

Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides, 1917-2007

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5E. Data Sources: Québec

18 chauffeurs de taxi assassinés au Québec en 15 ans

Laroche, Marcel, "18 chauffeurs de taxi assassinés au Québec en 15 ans," La Presse (Montréal), Aug. 3, 1993.

An article in La Presse reporting on the murder of Fernand Talbot noted that 18 Québec drivers had been murdered in the previous 15 years (i.e., between 1978 and August 1, 1993). Of these, 11 drivers were from the Montréal region.

In response to a query, Mr. Laroche recalled that the three drivers died in the 1970s at Cowansville, Baie Comeau and Rimouski. He had no further details.

Two of the three drivers have since been identified:

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