Tightrope
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Cirque Boréal, big top pitched at the Vieux-Port of Montréal, 9:40 pm. During the final act, trapeze artist Élise Côté fell nine meters in front of eight hundred people.
The net broke part of the fall. Élise is in the hospital with both legs broken and won't fly again any time soon. The trapeze rope didn't snap on its own: it was cut.
At 9:00 pm, before the intermission, the rope was checked and it was intact. Between 9:00 pm and 9:15 pm, only three members of the troupe stayed behind the big top. One of them climbed where they shouldn't have.
The management trailer behind the big top, old circus posters, a heater crackling in the October cold.
Suspects
Gaston LapointeVeteran clown, 68
Réjane TremblayHorse trainer, 46
Yannick CôtéTrapeze artist, Élise's brother, 29
Case glossary
Words from this case you might not know.
- big top
- The large main tent of a circus, where the shows take place.
- Vieux-Port
- The Old Port of Montréal, a historic waterfront area on the St. Lawrence River used for festivals and events.
The culprit will not confess on their own.
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