Accused cold case killer with violent past could return to Quebec seniors' housing co-op
CTV
Residents of a seniors' housing cooperative in Quebec were shocked to learn that the accused killer in a prolific cold case has lived alongside them for years. Serge Audette, 69, was charged this summer with the manslaughter of Patricia Ferguson, a Montreal woman who vanished in 1996 when she was just 23 years old.
Residents of a seniors' housing cooperative in Quebec were shocked to learn that the accused killer in a prolific cold case has lived alongside them for years.
Serge Audette, 69, was charged this summer with the manslaughter of Patricia Ferguson, a Montreal mother who vanished in 1996 when she was just 23 years old.
Audette also has at least three armed sexual assaults on his record, court documents show, and is classified as a "dangerous offender."
He settled in the seniors' community in 2018 after his release from prison -- but residents say there was no indication of his troubled past.
"He lives next to me, and I didn't even know," one female resident told Noovo Info in an exclusive report, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Audette is currently behind bars awaiting trial, but he's scheduled to request his release on Wednesday.
Over 100 members of the seniors' cooperative -- a tight-knit community comprised mainly of women -- have signed a petition with the Parole Board of Canada voicing their concerns.
