Two accused in Trois-Rivières double homicide case make bail

Noémie Morin and Mauricio Peralta Severino are charged in connection with the deaths of men found inside a burned-out car.

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A man and a woman suspected of being involved in the murders last autumn of Steve Lamy and Jean-Christophe Gilbert were released on bail Wednesday morning at the Trois-Rivières courthouse.

However, Noémie Morin, 24, of Bécancour, and Mauricio Peralta Severino, 29, of Laval, are subject to severe conditions given the gravity of the charges they face.

Morin is charged with being an accessory to first-degree murder in connection with the death of Lamy, a businessman whose remains were found in a burned-out car in Trois-Rivières. She is also charged with being an accessory to forcible confinement and extortion as well as robbery.

Severino is charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Gilbert, whose body was found in the same car as that of Lamy. Severino also faces a charge of committing an indignity to a corpse.

The bodies of Lamy and Gilbert were discovered the same day the murder of Ophélie Martin-Cyr was committed. Her body, struck by at least one bullet, was found in a field at Yamachiche.

Two other suspects, René Kègle and Francis Martel, are accused of the first degree murder of Martin-Cyr. Thus far, no one has been charged directly with the murders of Lamy and Gilbert.