Mom charged, but not with murder, in death of two-year-old Quebec girl

QUEBEC — A Quebec City mother was charged Thursday with arson and obstructing the work of a police officer in the death of her two-year-old daughter.

Local police had recommended Audrey Gagnon, 23, be charged with murder but the Crown did not lay that charge.

Rosalie Gagnon’s body was discovered in a garbage can outside a home in the city’s Charlesbourg district on Wednesday and she was pronounced dead in hospital.

The accused’s bail hearing has been set for next Wednesday and she will remain behind bars until then.