Montreal police seek potential witness in case of missing 10-year-old boy
Montreal police said Friday they are looking to speak with a woman who was in the same park where a 10-year-old boy was last seen before he went missing last March.
Police don’t consider the woman a witness to the disappearance of Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, but are hopeful she can provide information about the hours leading up to the last time he was seen, said Insp. Ian Lafreniere.
Investigators received a tip a few days ago describing a woman smoking a cigarette between 11 and 11:30 a.m. in a north-end Montreal park on March 12, the day Kouakou went missing.
“She won’t help us to find Ariel,” Lafreniere told reporters. “This is really more about knowing what happened, were there were any kids playing by the river?”