Defence begins in case of Quebec man charged with killing ailing wife
MONTREAL — A Quebec woman who was allegedly killed by her husband as she suffered from advanced Alzheimer’s had told family she didn’t want to end up like their mother, who also had the disease, a jury heard Thursday.
Johanne Lizotte took the stand Thursday in defence of Michel Cadotte, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her sister, Jocelyne Lizotte.
Jocelyne Lizotte was 60 and in the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease that had left her unable to care for herself and detached from reality. She was found dead in her bed at a Montreal long-term care facility on Feb. 20, 2017.
The trial has heard that a year earlier Cadotte sought a medically assisted death for his wife of 19 years and was told by centre staff she didn’t qualify. A head nurse at the Emilie Gamelin long-term care facility testified Cadotte admitted to her she suffocated his wife.