OTTAWA—A report into the murder of a Quebec City woman last year at the hands of a federal offender out on day parole is recommending better oversight and changes to how cases are managed in the province. Marylene Levesque, 22, was found dead Jan. 22 in a Quebec City hotel room, stabbed numerous times by Eustachio Gallese. Gallese had met Levesque after getting permission from a parole officer the previous spring to visit “erotic massage establishments”—a controversial condition that was revoked by the Parole Board of Canada in September 2019. The report found the Correctional Service of Canada missed a number of warning signs in Gallese’s case. Public Security Minister Bill Blair, who joined the heads of the Correctional Service of Canada and the Parole Board to discuss the report today, says Levesque’s death was a tragedy that should never have happened. In a response today, the Correctional Service of …
Report on Quebec Woman Murdered by Offender on Day Parole Calls for Better Oversight
January 21, 2021
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