MONTREAL - Correctional Service Canada says a convicted killer has escaped from a prison in Quebec's Laurentians region.
Staff discovered Richard Plourde was missing from his minimum security unit at about 11 p.m. Sunday.
The 62-year-old was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder at Archambault Institution.
He has a fair complexion, brown eyes and grey hair.Â
He also has a tattoo of a skull bone and a hand on his right shoulder, a rose on his abdomen and the letters R.P. on his right arm.
The federal agency says it has contacted Quebec provincial police who have issued a warrant for Plourde's arrest.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 23, 2025.Â