{"id":18121,"date":"2025-02-25T17:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/convicted-killer-serving-life-sentence-escapes-quebec-prison-caught-in-toronto\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:44:20","slug":"convicted-killer-serving-life-sentence-escapes-quebec-prison-caught-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/convicted-killer-serving-life-sentence-escapes-quebec-prison-caught-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted killer serving life sentence escapes Quebec prison, caught in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A federal inmate serving life for murder escaped from a Quebec prison Monday \u2013 only to be found hundreds of kilometres away in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Authorities say they noticed convicted killer Ricardo Vilches had vanished from the minimum security unit at the Archambault Institution in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Que., when he wasn\u2019t present during head count at noon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable c-figure--contained c-figure--containedPortrait\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tRicardo Vilches, 85, is shown in this undated handout photo.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS- HO Correctional Service Canada\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Correctional Service Canada said an arrest warrant was issued for Vilches and was arrested by Toronto police around 5:45 p.m. that same day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vilches was charged with second-degree murder for the 1985 killing of his then-wife Patricia Fierro-Vilches and has spent the last 30 years incarcerated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Corrections officials say they will investigate the circumstances surrounding Vilches\u2019 escape.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11034004\/convicted-killer-escapes-prison-quebec-toronto\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal inmate serving life for murder escaped from a Quebec prison Monday \u2013 only to be found hundreds of kilometres away in Toronto. 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