Still no arrest in decade-old disappearance, slaying of Cedrika Provencher
MONTREAL — It has been a decade since his granddaughter’s disappearance and eventual slaying, but the wounds are still fresh for Henri Provencher.
Cedrika Provencher, a nine-year-old freckle-faced redhead from Trois-Rivieres, Que., vanished from near her home on July 31, 2007.
For more than eight years, the young girl’s face was plastered on posters across the province. There were rumours and claims of sightings, a massive manhunt and heartfelt appeals for information from the family that didn’t pan out.
Then, on Dec. 11, 2015, Cedrika’s remains were discovered by hunters along Highway 40 in Saint-Maurice, east of where she was last seen.