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The arrests Tuesday came hours after Jean’s wake. Friends and family have described Jean as a free-spirited man whose kindness knew no bounds, but as someone who also had a temper. He loved Elvis and Johnny Cash and “could put a smile on anyone’s face,” said former girlfriend Tara Flynn.

A mechanic by trade, the Haitian-born Jean immigrated to Canada. Over the years he’d been charged with various petty criminal offences that were either withdrawn or stayed.

His alleged killers have also faced troubles with the law. While living in Cornwall in 1997, Locey breached probation. In January 2013, she was fined and given a driving prohibition for dangerous driving.

In 2004, Locey earned her high-school diploma after graduating from an adult continuing education program in Cornwall.

Her son Locey-Derochie, pleaded guilty to a robbery charged in February 2012. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail and was slapped with a lifetime weapons ban. It’s not yet known how or where he was able to procure the alleged murder weapon.

Chretien was convicted of robbery in May of last year and sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Both young men appeared briefly in court by video Wednesday. Locey-Derochie dressed in dark clothing, and held his hands clasped in front of him as he was remanded into custody. He was ordered not to communicate with a list of people including his two co-accused, his friend and his mother. Chretien later stood quietly as the same non-communication was imposed on him. Both scheduled to make their next court appearance on Dec. 3

Locey is expected to appear in Ottawa court Thursday.

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