The murdered man whose body was found at Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie this afternoon is Frank Pascal Dieudonné, sources told La Presse from the police and the criminal community.

Dieudonné, 36, nicknamed Tiger, was associated with street gangs. He was the driver and one of Montreal's gang leaders, Arsène Mompoint, police sources told La Presse

According to our information, it was a woman who found Dieudonné's body near the latter's home on Dupuis Street in Saint-Philippe and who informed the police of the Régie intermunicipal police Roussillon.

They began the investigation but since the crime is related to organized crime, the file was transferred to the investigators of the Crimes against the person of the Sûreté du Québec.

For the moment, the exact circumstances and motive of the crime are unknown. However, we know that the victim was killed by a firearm.

Recently released from prison

Last September, Dieudonné and another man of trust of gang leader Arsène Mompoint, Jean Willem Lahens, were arrested by the SPVM police for a narcotics trafficking and possession of weapons.

The charges of drug trafficking had been dropped against Dieudonné, but Dieudonné had pleaded guilty to the possession of a weapon last November. By subtracting the 42 days spent in pre-trial detention, he had only one day in prison to serve.

For his part, Lahens has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and is expected to be sentenced next week.

Dieudonne had some criminal record. Among other things, he was sentenced to three years for a narcotics case dating from 2015 and four months for a crime of possession of property obtained by crime in 2011.

According to our sources, gang leader Arsene Mompoint is close to influential members of the Montreal mafia, particularly in the Rivière-des-Prairies sector in eastern Montreal.

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