Francis Proulx charged with murder

To Nancy Michaud, Riviere-Ouelle was a peaceful farming community on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River where citizens never thought to lock their doors.

But townsfolk fear the tranquillity of their picturesque village has forever been broken after police found Michaud's lifeless body in the basement of an abandoned, dilapidated house a few kilometres from her home.

Police say somebody dragged Michaud, who worked as a political aide to a high-profile provincial cabinet minister, from her house in the middle of the night while her two young boys slept.

Riviere-Ouelle native Francis Proulx, 29, was charged Monday with first-degree murder in her death. (story)