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Triple slaying at upscale condo baffles police
Bodies of retired Ottawa judge, wife and neighbour found bound
and gagged on 10th floor
By Daniel LEBLANC with a report from Canadian Press, Page A5
Ottawa -- Ottawa Police were searching yesterday for suspects,
and a motive, in the slayings of a retired judge, his wife and
a female neighbour on the 10th floor of an exclusive condominium
tower.
"At this time, we cannot say if this was a random act or a targeted
act. We don't know," Staff Sergeant Monique
PERRAS of the Ottawa
police told reporters yesterday, a day after the three bodies
were found in the high-security Riviera condo complex near the
Rideau River.
The victims were identified as former chief justice of the Tax
Court Alban
GARON, 77, his 70-year-old wife, Raymonde, and their
neighbour, Marie-Claire
BENISKOS.
Police did not say how the three died. But according to one neighbour,
their bodies were found bound and gagged, apparently stabbed
to death, and there was no sign of a forced entry.
"It's appalling, it's just inconceivable," said neighbour Andrée
LEMIEUX-
MARQUIS, who spent part of the weekend with the man who
discovered the bodies.
According to Ms.
LEMIEUX-
MARQUIS, they were found Saturday morning
by Ms. GARON's brother, Jean-Pierre
LURETTE, who had not heard
from the GARONs for a few days. Mr.
LURETTE also lives in one
of the three Riviera towers, at 1510 Riverside Dr.
"They were discovered lying on the floor, their faces down, all
bloodied," Ms.
LEMIEUX-
MARQUIS said.
The luxurious, quiet condo towers - home to diplomats, judges
and hockey players - has several security features.
There is a security guard at the gate and the complex is studded
with cameras. The towers are surrounded by a spiked fence that
stands about 1½ metres high.
"You don't get in there unless you know somebody," said Robert
DUFAULT, who has lived in the Riviera for 15 years.
Staff Sgt.
PERRAS said the three bodies were sent to Toronto
for autopsies.
"At this point, we have no additional information in regards
to the triple homicide. We have no suspects," she said.
"The major crimes investigators have no information as to the
motive of the crime."
However, police hoped that the building's security cameras captured
information. "If there are such tapes, they will be seized to
help in this investigation," Staff Sgt.
PERRAS said.
Mr. GARON became a judge in 1988 and retired in November, 2004,
after spending four years at the helm of the Tax Court, which
enforces the Income Tax Act among other laws.
Before that, he taught at the University of Ottawa law school
part time and worked at Justice Canada, where he rose to the
rank of associate deputy minister in the 1980s.
"He was mentally agile and physically fit," Federal Court of
Appeal
Judge
J. Edgar
SEXTON told an Ottawa newspaper.
"He told me he was playing golf and enjoying his retirement."
A police officer was stationed all weekend at the Riviera's entrance,
checking identification of drivers entering the grounds.
Police took over a condo unit in the building to conduct its
investigation. Police officers were also active outside the condo
yesterday, at one point supervising a tow truck removing a car
from the parking lot.
Staff Sgt.
PERRAS said police were working with few details and
asked anyone with information to come forward.
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LURETTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-07 published
GARON,
The
Honourable
Alban, Q.C.
Passed away tragically on Friday, June 29th, 2007, at the age
of 77. Beloved husband of 36 years of the late Raymonde
GARON
(née LURETTE,) also deceased on June 29th, 2007. He was born
in St. Lambert (County of Lévis), Québec on March 4th, 1930.
son of the late Willie
GARON and of the late Amérilda
GOULET.
He will be sadly missed by Maria Elena
DURAN
(Michel▼
ROCHON)
and his goddaughter Marie Isabelle
ROCHON-
DURAN.
Predeceased
by his brother Paulin and survived by his brother Cyprien (Lucette
PÉPIN,) his brothers-in-law Jean-Pierre
LURETTE
(Claudette
ROLLIN,)
Richard LURETTE
(Gaétane▼
LACHANCE,) his sisters-in-law Suzanne
LURETTE (late Marcel
LANOUE), Gisèle Lurette
LÉVEILLÉ. He also
leaves behind many nephews, nieces, cousins and numerous Friends.
He studied at Laval University in Québec City and at the University
of Ottawa. He was called to the Québec Bar in 1955 and was named
Queen's Counsel in 1968. He was a part time Professor at the
Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa from 1956 to 1978 and
from 1986 to 1992. He practiced law with the Federal Department
of Justice from 1955 to 1986 and occupied the following positions:
Chief, Legal Services, Department of Public Works from 1959 to
1965; Director, Departmental Legal Services from 1965 to 1974
Assistant Deputy Attorney General from 1974 to 1982; and Associate
Deputy Minister of Justice from 1982 to 1986. He was appointed
Director of the French legislative drafting program at the University
of Ottawa from 1986 to 1988. He was appointed Judge of the Tax
Court of Canada in September 1988, Associate Chief Judge in February 1999 and
Chief Judge in February 2000. He was Chief Justice of the Tax
Court of Canada from July 2nd, 2003, until his retirement in
November 2004.
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GARON,
Raymonde (née
LURETTE)
Passed away tragically on Friday, June 29th, 2007, at the age
of 73. Beloved wife of 36 years of the late Alban
GARON, former
Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada, also deceased on June 29th,
2007. She was born on September 23rd, 1933 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Daughter of the late Rodolphe
LURETTE and of the late Marguerite
L'ÉCUYER.
She will be sadly missed by Maria Elena
DURAN
(Michel▲
ROCHON)
and her goddaughter Marie Isabelle
DURAN-
ROCHON. Survived by
her brothers Jean-Pierre
LURETTE
(Claudette
ROLLIN,) Richard
LURETTE
(Gaétane▲
LACHANCE,) her sisters Suzanne
LURETTE (late
Marcel LANOUE,) and Gisèle Lurette
LÉVEILLÉ, her brother-in-law
Cyprien GARON
(Lucette
PÉPIN.) She also leaves behind many nephews
and nieces, cousins and numerous Friends. Visitations on Monday,
July 9th, 2007, from 2: 00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m.
to 9: 00 p.m. at Racine Robert and Gauthier Funeral Home, 180 Montreal
Road, Ottawa. Funerals will be held on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
at 10: 00 a.m., at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sussex at Guigues
Street in Ottawa. Private family internment at a later date.
A 'Bourse commémorative Alban et Raymonde Garon' at the University
of Ottawa and a 'Bourse commémorative Alban et Raymonde Garon'
at the Montfort Hospital Foundation have been established. In
lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either of these funds.
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