The Criminal Code of Canada defines first-degree murder as “planned and deliberate," however a murder is also first degree if it occurs in the course of a sexual assault.
A Crown prosecutor says the Quebec man charged with the 1st-degree murder and sexual assault of a 19-year-old CEGEP student nearly 24 years ago has admitted to causing her death.
A Quebec police officer described how he and his partner tracked a suspected killer to a movie theatre, before secretly taking his discarded soft drink cup for a DNA test.
The photos exhibited at Marc-André Grenon's murder trial also include a letter the victim wrote to her roommate, encouraging her to have a good weekend and take care of herself.