MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner says a 44-year-old Haitian man who was found dead in 2023 after trying to cross into the United States likely experienced hypothermia before drowning in shallow water.

Coroner Andre-H. Dandavino says Fritznel Richard was found on Jan. 4, 2023 in a ditch containing 45 centimetres of water near the U.S. border in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que.

Fritznel Richard had been living in Montreal but wanted to join his wife in the U.S., and attempted to cross the border on foot in Dec. 2022{ai:summary}<p>A Quebec coroner has determined that Fritznel Richard, a 44-year-old Haitian man who died in January 2023 while attempting to cross into the U.S., likely succumbed to hypothermia before drowning in shallow water. His body was discovered in a ditch near the border. #society</p>

Man found near U.S. border in 2023 died of drowning, hypothermia: Quebec coroner

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