Louise Camirand was a twenty-year-old woman living in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in the Eastern Townships region. Described as kind-hearted and quiet, she was known by friends and family as a gentle soul with a promising future.
On March 23rd, 1977, Camirand left her home to run errands and was last seen entering a convenience store. She never returned. Her disappearance immediately caused concern, especially as the hours stretched into days with no word from her.
A missing person investigation was launched, but at the time, resources and technology were limited. Police canvassed the area and interviewed people who may have seen her last, but no strong leads emerged in the early days.
Ten days later, on April 3rd, 1977, Camirand’s body was discovered near a wooded area close to her home in Sherbrooke. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Her shoes had been removed, and investigators noted signs suggesting she had been moved after death, possibly posed—a detail that would later fuel speculation about whether her killer may have been involved in other, similarly staged murders.
Her autopsy confirmed that she had died from strangulation, and there were signs of blunt force trauma. The violence of the crime shocked even seasoned investigators.
At the time, law enforcement struggled to find solid leads. There were no witnesses who saw her being taken or struggling. Forensic evidence was scarce, especially by the standards of the late 1970s.
Camirand’s murder occurred during a time of heightened public anxiety in Quebec. The 1970s were marked by a surge in violent crimes and unsolved murders in the province. Within a few years of Camirand’s death, several other girls and young women—including Jocelyne Houle (killed in April 1977), Hélène Monast (killed in September 1977), Manon Dubé (killed in January 1978), and Lison Blais (killed in June 1978)—were also found murdered in the region under circumstances that some found disturbingly similar. All were young, all had been assaulted, and all were found in rural or semi-rural areas. The murders would later become part of what some crime analysts and journalists have come to refer to as the “Triangle of Death” in the Eastern Townships.
One of the most persistent theories is that Louise Camirand’s murder was the work of a serial predator operating in the Eastern Townships in the 1970s. While the modus operandi in each of the cases varied slightly, the commonalities—such as the victims’ profiles, the sexual nature of the attacks, and the rural dumping sites—have led many to believe the crimes may be linked.
However, official police investigations have never conclusively connected the murders. Cold case units have periodically reopened files on the crimes, and DNA evidence has been re-examined as technology advanced, but no arrest has ever been made in Camirand’s case.
A 2005 report from the RCMP’s special cold case unit did explore the possibility of a serial killer operating in Quebec during the 1970s and 1980s, possibly responsible for several murders of young women and girls. However, again, no definitive conclusions were reached.
Louise Camirand’s murder remains officially unsolved. In recent years, journalists, particularly from Radio-Canada, and true crime investigators have continued to delve into her case, hoping that renewed attention or a forensic breakthrough might one day provide answers.
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