Valérie Dalpé was 13 and living in the Saint-Léonard neighbourhood of Montreal when she left home on Place Choquette at about 5:45 p.m. on October 18, 1989, to walk to a nearby pharmacy at Viau and d’Artagnan. She never reached the pharmacy or returned to meet friends she had arranged to see at 6:00 p.m.

Her disappearance ended the next day when an equipment operator at the Miron quarry dump found human remains in the refuse; the remains were identified as Valérie’s. Investigators concluded she had been strangled and that the body had been dismembered before disposal. Reports say a saw had been used and that the manner of cutting suggested practical knowledge of butchering or meat-cutting techniques.

Two days before the killing Valérie was reportedly approached by a motorist whose advances she rejected; that incident was examined but not shown to be conclusively connected to the homicide. Decades of follow-up have revisited the motorist contact, the dismemberment skill, and later leads about a former neighbour whose behaviour drew attention, but no public arrest, charge, or conviction has resolved the case.

Does anyone who lived in Saint-Léonard in 1989 recall seeing Valérie that evening or notice anyone suspicious along her short route?