Man admits to killing 79-year-old wife in Terrebonne retirement home

In a Laval courthouse, 81-year-old Gilles Brassard admitted to killing his 79-year-old wife, Thérèse Brassard-Lévesque, in a retirement home in Terrebonne. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, revealing that he attempted to strangle her with a cord multiple times before finally ending her life due to her Alzheimer’s condition. The prosecutor shared that Brassard-Lévesque resisted her husband’s attempts to kill her, leading to the tragic incident on September 30, 2023.

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