Mother who allegedly abandoned Montreal girl charged with criminal negligence

Jul 3, 2025 | 9:27 AM

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

The 34-year-old woman appeared in court this morning as part of her bail hearing at the courthouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., west of Montreal.

She has already been charged with unlawful abandonment of a child after allegedly leaving her three-year-old daughter in a rural area two weeks ago.

The accused, whose name is under a publication ban to protect her daughter’s identity, broke down in tears as she listened to the testimony of a Quebec provincial police officer.