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CP NewsAlert: Mother of three-year-old Montreal girl denied bail in abandonment case

Jul 11, 2025 | 10:39 AM

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The mother accused of abandoning her three-year-old daughter in a field near a highway in Ontario has been denied bail.

The 34-year-old woman, whose name is under a publication ban to protect the girl’s identity, has been ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric evaluation.

She will return to court in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., west of Montreal, on Aug. 8.

The mother has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child.