A man convicted on two counts of non-capital murder in connection with the deaths of a young boy and his uncle near Pembroke in 1971 has died in the Joyceville Institution north of Kingston.
Lorne Lafrance was 75 when he died on Monday. A media release said his next of kin had been notified.
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“As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) will review the circumstances,” the release said. “CSC policy requires that the police and the coroner be notified.”
In November 1971, Lafrance was sentenced to life in prison for the axe-slayings of a six-year-old resident of what was then Alice Township, as well as the boy’s uncle, in March of that same year.
At trial, Lafrance entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. A 12-man jury took less than half an hour to convict him as charged.
