DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – A Quebec mother charged with killing her three children is back in court for a preliminary hearing.
Sonia Blanchette faces three counts of first-degree murder as the next step in her criminal case begins Monday.
Her three children – Lorelie, age 5, Loic, 4, and Anais, 2 – were found dead in their mother’s apartment on Dec. 2, 2012.
Last January, a judge ruled that Blanchette was fit to stand trial after she underwent a psychiatric evaluation.
The coroner ruled the two youngest children drowned while the oldest child was killed by a combination of strangling and drowning.
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Toxicology reports reveal none of the children had drugs in their system.
A preliminary hearing is for a judge to determine whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial.
The hearing is under a publication ban.
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