Cold Case: Quebec Man Admits to Murdering 10-Year-Old Girl in 1994

Marie-Chantale Desjardins, who was 10 years old when she disappeared on July 16, 1994, after she left a friend's house at the end of the day in Ste-Thérèse, Que., northwest of Montreal, is shown in this police handout photo. Her body was found four days later in the neighbouring community of Rosemère in the woods behind a shopping centre. The Canadian Press/Handout - Surete du Quebec

A 62-year-old Quebec man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of a 10-year-old girl in a Montreal suburb more than 31 years ago.

Réal Courtemanche, already in prison for other crimes, today admitted that the evidence in the case proves beyond a reasonable doubt that he murdered Marie-Chantale Desjardins.