A Gatineau man has been charged with second-degree murder after a woman's body was discovered in a home on Boulevard de la Cite-des-jeunes Wednesday.
Jean-François Dupuis, 21, is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
Neighbours has indentified the victim as 83-year-old Therese Gauvreau. Neighbours say the family owned a paving business.
An autopsy was to be conducted on Thursday in Montreal.
It is Gatineau's first homicide of 2017.