Human Rights Commission to Investigate Death of Seven Year Old Quebec Girl

Police on scene at a home in Laval, Que., on Jan. 4, 2021, where a Quebec girl was found in cardiorespiratory arrest and later pronounced dead. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

MONTREAL—Quebec’s human rights and youth rights commission is launching an investigation into the death of a seven-year-old girl found Sunday north of Montreal.

The commission said in a statement that youth protection in Laval, Que., had previously received a report about the child.