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Sacha Vallée



4-years-old boy adopted by Marie-Claude Vallée, was beaten to death by his adoptive mother’s boyfriend, Éric Grenier. The corpse of the child was covered with 72 bruises. October 21, 2004, Grenier was found guilty of non-premeditated homicide.

Sacha was born in Russia in 1998. He had spent the first year of his life in a Siberian prison where his mother was imprisoned and where she died; the orphanage where he was transferred put him up for adoption. In August 2001, he was placed with Marie-Claude Vallée.
Date: 2002-10-09
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Other non-family member

Location

Verdun, Quebec
Canada
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Children's ombudsman reports death of Russian-born child adopted in Canada2011-12-12
Russian adopted child killed in Canada2011-12-10
Russian child dies in adoptive family in Canada2011-12-10
Pavel Astakhov's tweet2011-12-10
Au moins 12 ans de prison pour Éric Grenier2004-11-01
Éric Grenier pourrait écoper de 15 ans de prison2004-10-26
Le jury veut réentendre deux témoignages2004-10-21
Éric Grenier, coupable de la mort du petit Sacha2004-10-21
Le petit Sacha est mort de longues heures après avoir été battu2004-10-14
Sacha était déjà mort à l'arrivée des ambulanciers2004-09-23
L'autopsie de Sacha Vallée établit que l'enfant a été maltraité2002-10-12
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Pound Pup Legacy