A house search was conducted on Tuesday.
Montreal Police announced on Monday that the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve A man's body was found in a trash can.
A search warrant was issued Tuesday at the man's home, an apartment in his three-story building on Morgan's Street, one block north of where his body was found. has been issued.
It was found hidden in a green trash bin on Monday morning when a truck arrived to collect recyclables along Adam Street near Letourneu Avenue. rice field. Later in the day, Montreal police say a man is a murder victim.
On Tuesday, police said the victim was a 58-year-old man. Some media reports have named the victim, but the Montreal Gazette could not confirm his identity late Tuesday afternoon.
Court records show the man died in 2005. He was indicted in a Montreal court in January for making threatening and harassing phone calls. On October 11, 2005, he was found not to be criminally responsible for his actions due to mental health problems.
A spokesperson for the Montreal Police Department said no one had been arrested in the murder investigation.
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