Mother, 2 children found dead in Montreal's east end

A 42-year-oldwoman and her two young boys, ages two and four, were found dead Wednesday in a home in the east-end Montreal neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles.

Their deaths are being treated as suspicious. Police are not ruling out the possibility of a triple homicide.

The woman's partner, the father of the children, killed himself a day earlier inJoliette, 50 kilometres north, police confirmed.

The man has been identified as NabilYssaad, 46.

According to court records, Yssaad was charged with two counts of assaultagainst the woman inAugust 2018.

Yssaad was acquitted last week,on Dec. 4, and he had signeda peace bond that included an order not to enter into contact with herfor 12 months.

Const. Manuel Couture, a spokesperson for Montreal police,said officers discovered the bodies of the woman and her childrenat around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

The officers had goneto the brick townhouse on PlacedesPointeliers, a quiet residential street, to inform the family of the father's death. Whenno one answered, they grew worried and entered.

Couture said the deaths of the woman and two boysare, for now,being treated as "suspicious."

Police have not publicly named the woman or the children.

Police cordoned offthe dead-end street Wednesday and set up a command postas a team of investigators combed through evidence.

Two neighbours told CBC News they had seen police outside the home multiple times in recent months.

"It's terrible," said Elias Oudadsse, who lives nearby. "This is a quiet neighbourhood."

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