A Montreal-area woman appeared in court Friday after her ex-boyfriend died in a hit and run.
Jean Housley St-Jean, 21, was found on the ground by a jogger at around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, in Laval, Que.
St-Jean was suffering from what police described as severe head injuries. He later died in hospital.
Laval police officer Franco Di Genova said they arrested a woman on Thursday afternoon, and her car was seized “to see what exactly we can find on the vehicle itself.”
A relative inside the courthouse told CTV Montreal that the couple had known each other for several years and had been fighting.
Maria-Christina Umana, 20, faces charges of armed assault causing death, criminal negligence causing death, and hit-and-run.
The assault with a weapon charge was laid in relation to Umana’s Mazda vehicle.
Umana is expected back in court on Tuesday for a bail hearing.
