MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they are seeking an important witness in the case of three-year-old Claire Bell of Montreal, who has been missing since Sunday.
Police are looking for a woman who worked and lived on a farm, and who they say met the toddler's 34-year-old mother sometime on Sunday between 9:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Police say the woman speaks both English and French, wore an apron with the word "abondance" across the front and could be in either in southwestern Quebec or Ontario.
Police allege that Rachel-Ella Todd parked her vehicle outside a store in Coteau-du-Lac, west of Montreal, on Sunday afternoon, went inside and told staff that she didn't know where her daughter Claire was.
Provincial police found a dead dog on Monday that looked like a family pet that was also missing.
Todd has been charged with one count of unlawful abandonment of a child.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 18, 2025.
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