Police seek knives in Aylmer triple slaying

Gatineau police say they need the public's help to findknives possibly used tokill a young mother and her parents in Aylmer, Que.

Shakti Ramsurrun, 28,faces three counts of first-degree murder afterthree people were found deadin an Aylmer home on May 24.

Police now say the deaths ofAnne-Catherine Powers 21, her mother, Louise LeBoeuf, 63, and LeBoeuf's partner, Claude Lvesque, 58 happened overnight between May 23 and 24.

Police also say they believe Ramsurrun might have left evidence such as clothing or weapons near la Petite-Nation, Que., north of Gatineau.They also say knives found at the home might not be the murder weapons.

Police are nowasking anyone who was in the west Quebec area on May 24 and saw a red wine-coloured Pontiac Montana van with theQuebeclicense plate 302RVM to call police at 819-243-2346, ext. 6677.

Accused, victims lived together

Police and neighbours said the accused, the three victims and a15-month-old child lived in a suburban home at 64 Flix-Leclerc St., where the bodies were found.Powers was Ramsurrun's estranged girlfriend, according topolice.

Ramsurrun was born in Mauritius, a small island off the east coast of Africa.

Const. Pierre Lanthier, a police spokesman,has said Ramsurrun became a permanent resident of Canada in 2011. Lanthier referred to Ramsurrun as an ex-boyfriend, not a husband.

He said police did not know of Ramsurrun and they had never been called to the home for any prior incident.

The accused also worked at the Rivermead Golf Club near the crime scene, which is where he was arrested.