A Quebec man who had been serving a life sentence for the murders of six people has died in prison.
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) said Steeve Racine died Aug. 7 at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon.
Racine, 62, had been serving a life sentence since Aug. 30, 1991, for six murders that occurred over a decade, reporting from the Montreal Gazette indicates.
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The Gazette reported in July that Racine was recently denied parole; he was diagnosed with a terminal cancer late last year.
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The inmate’s next-of-kin have been notified, CSC said.
“As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) will review the circumstances,” it said in a news release Tuesday.
“CSC policy requires that the police and the coroner be notified.”
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