Freida Odjick

On October 16, 1970, at approximately 9:20 a.m., a robbery occurred at the Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse located at 152 Principale Street South in Maniwaki. The suspects, wearing balaclavas, arrived in a stolen vehicle and fired shots through the door of the bank and then went inside.

The suspects exited the bank and encountered a Sûreté du Québec vehicle on its way to the scene of the robbery. The suspects opened fire in the direction of the officers. A stray bullet fired by the suspects went through the wall of the J.O. Hubert Ltd. store located across the street from the bank, fatally striking Freida Odjick.

Any information that could help solve this crime can be communicated to the Sûreté du Québec's Centrale de l’information criminelle at 1 800 659-4264.