MONTREAL — According to reports, the Quebec mother accused of killing her three children has died in a Montreal hospital.
Sonia Blanchette faced three counts of first-degree murder after her three children – Lorelie, 5, Loic, 4, and Anaïs, 2 – were found dead in their mother’s apartment in Drummondville on Dec. 2, 2012.
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Radio-Canada is reporting that Blanchette died early Friday morning at 1:35 a.m. at the Sacré Coeur Hospital as a result of a hunger strike. She had been hospitalized since Dec. 19, and her weight had dropped to 80 pounds.
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Blanchette was expected to appear in court in Sherbrooke on Friday to have the date for her murder trial set.
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