Quebec provincial police are investigating the death of a 64-year-old woman whose body was found in a home about 55 kilometres north of Montreal.
Police were called to a residence on Tuesday afternoon in Ste-Julienne, Que.
Officers say the woman’s body bore marks of violence.
Sgt. Éloïse Cossette, a police spokeswoman, says an autopsy has been ordered to confirm how the woman died.
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The provincial police crimes against persons unit has opened an investigation into the death.
Cossette says emergency services were called by a friend of the victim who had gone to check up on her and found her body inside the home.