Accused confirmed dead in jail after arrest for killing of Montreal mother

CTV News · Daniel J. Rowe · 2026-11-06 03:01 UTC

The man arrested for killing Leila Ben Salem, 45, while on a Zoom call will not face trial after he died while in custody. The Montreal Coroner’s Office confirmed that Youcef Moussaoui, 33, died on Nov. 2.

There will be no trial for the man accused of killing 45-year-old mother Leila Ben Salem while she was in a work video conference meeting at home in Montreal.

The Montreal Coroner’s Office confirmed that Youcef Moussaoui, 33, died on Nov. 2.

Moussaoui was arrested Oct. 15 and taken into custody, more than three weeks after Ben Salem was killed in her René-Lévesque Boulevard apartment on Sept. 22.

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