🚨 MISSING CHILD UPDATE: Mother Charged as Police Expand Search to Pointe-Claire and Vaudreuil 🚨
- Carey Tate
- 5 hours ago
- 2 min read
The mother of Claire Bell, a 3-year-old girl missing since Sunday, has been charged with child abandonment, according to court documents obtained by The Canadian Press.
The little girl was last seen on Sunday at 9:45 a.m. near Newman Boulevard in LaSalle, but wasn’t reported missing until nearly 6 hours later in Coteau-du-Lac, about 50 km away.
At 2 p.m. Monday, police confirmed the discovery of a dead dog on the side of Highway 30 in Vaudreuil-Dorion, matching the description of Claire’s brown, long-haired chihuahua. The search has since expanded to the Vaudreuil area.
That same evening, police searched near the Pointe-Claire shoreline, focusing on areas around Stewart Hall and the Yacht Club, but as of 11:30 p.m., no trace of Claire was found.
A TikTok video posted by the mother on the day Claire vanished shows her holding her daughter and saying: “You try that again and this is going to get ugly.” The caption reads: “Have you come up against a mother with nothing to lose?”
Authorities have confirmed the mother, Rachel-Ella Todd, 34, has no prior criminal record but has been denied bail. She remains in custody at Leclerc prison in Laval. Crown prosecutors say more charges may follow depending on the outcome of the investigation.
Claire is described as:
👧 3 years old
📏 90 cm (3 feet)
⚖️ 16 kg (35 lbs)
👀 Brown eyes
💇♀️ Brown hair
🗣️ Speaks English
👕 Last seen wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a pink collar, grey pants, and no shoes
🚗 Police are asking the public for information regarding a grey 2007 Ford Escape, Quebec plate K50 FVE, with a yellow “Baby on Board” sign in the rear window.
👉 No Amber Alert has been issued, as the case does not meet abduction criteria.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Sûreté du Québec’s tip line at 1-800-659-4264.
📰 Source: The Canadian Press
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