Man charged with 2nd-degree murder of toddler injured at daycare

Quebec provincial police investigated the toddler's death in collaboration with local police in L'Assomption and Saint-Sulpice. (Lynda Paradis/Radio-Canada - image credit)
Quebec provincial police investigated the toddler's death in collaboration with local police in L'Assomption and Saint-Sulpice. (Lynda Paradis/Radio-Canada - image credit)

A 34-year-old man, Tomy Carranza Ladry, has been charged with second-degree murder of a toddler who was injured at a daycare northeast of Montreal.

Ladry was arrested Friday. The toddler, who was under the age of three, suffered serious injuries on Tuesday at a home daycare in L'Assomption, Que., in the Lanaudière region. The young child's death was confirmed in hospital.

In a statement released on Friday, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) describe the toddler's death as a homicide.

Ladry is from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, which is about 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal according to the SQ. He was an employee of the daycare, according to Radio-Canada.

He appeared in court on Saturday via video call. He is expected to be back in court on Dec. 14.

The SQ's major crimes unit investigated the incident in collaboration with the L'Assomption-Saint-Sulpice police service.