How crazy is this? How do keep a body six months on the couch without it stinking and decomposing? I throw some chicken bones and leftover in the garbage and the next day its stinks.
Francesco Sansalone receives a conditional sentence involving house arrest and community service, and Nicodemo Sansalone is sentenced to three years of probation for his role in covering up the death of Alasie Tukkiapik, 41.
A Montreal North resident with mental health issues received a conditional sentence Monday for leaving an Indigenous woman’s body on his couch for months while he and his brother hid her death from her family.
Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle said the apparent mental health problems listed in a pre-sentencing report prepared for the case of Francesco Sansalone, 63, at the Montreal courthouse played a significant role in determining his sentence. Sansalone received a 10-month sentence that can be served in the community, to be followed by two years of probation.
The first five months of the sentence will involve house arrest.
The person who prepared the report determined that Sansalone has lived with an undiagnosed mental health problem, possibly schizophrenia, for years. Labelle said the sentence is designed to stop Sansalone from living in isolation and to get help for his mental health problems.
His younger brother Nicodemo, 62, was sentenced to three years of probation for his role in covering up the death of Alasie Tukkiapik, 41. She died in early 2023 inside the home where the brothers lived on Désy Ave. They left her body on their couch for six months without calling the police.
“The pre-sentencing report (in Francesco Sansalone’s case) states that the incriminating process was difficult due to the mental health issues, which afflict the accused to a point where the author deems certain information provided by him should be considered with caution,” Labelle said. “He has lived with his brother for several years, since 2009, and this event seems to have triggered a decline in certain aspects of his life.
“Some of the more cognitive distortions appear when he speaks of his past relationships. According to the information he submitted, he sought vulnerable partners who were grappling with addiction, were homeless or who had been abused in the past.”
Tukkiapik was in a relationship with Sansalone for a decade.
“The accused wrestles with several mental health issues, which have not been addressed in the past. He is isolated and he is not capable of taking on simple household chores and tasks. It is very possible these issues have impacted his decision-making process,” the judge said while referring to the report. “He does not seem to possess a firm grasp on reality.”
Nicodemo Sansalone’s sentence includes 70 days of preventive detention he had already served. In his case, the judge agreed with a sentence recommended by both sides. During his probation, he will have to carry out 50 hours of community service.
Weeks before she died, Tukkiapik was staying at a motel with Francesco when he noticed she was bleeding from her buttocks. He assumed she was bleeding because of stress.
According to what Francesco later told the police, he placed bandages on Tukkiapik and, shortly after, they returned to the house in Montreal North to live with his brother. He said she grew weaker but refused to be taken to a hospital.
When Tukkiapik died, Francesco informed his brother and they both moved her body to their couch, where she remained for six months despite the smell, he later told police. They simply placed a blanket over her body.
The court was also told that Francesco feared facing Tukkiapik’s family. Her relatives were lied to when they came looking for her in September 2023. He refused to let them inside the house.
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Francesco Sansalone receives a conditional sentence involving house arrest and community service, and Nicodemo Sansalone is sentenced to three years of probation for his role in covering up the death of Alasie Tukkiapik, 41.
A Montreal North resident with mental health issues received a conditional sentence Monday for leaving an Indigenous woman’s body on his couch for months while he and his brother hid her death from her family.
Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle said the apparent mental health problems listed in a pre-sentencing report prepared for the case of Francesco Sansalone, 63, at the Montreal courthouse played a significant role in determining his sentence. Sansalone received a 10-month sentence that can be served in the community, to be followed by two years of probation.
The first five months of the sentence will involve house arrest.
The person who prepared the report determined that Sansalone has lived with an undiagnosed mental health problem, possibly schizophrenia, for years. Labelle said the sentence is designed to stop Sansalone from living in isolation and to get help for his mental health problems.
His younger brother Nicodemo, 62, was sentenced to three years of probation for his role in covering up the death of Alasie Tukkiapik, 41. She died in early 2023 inside the home where the brothers lived on Désy Ave. They left her body on their couch for six months without calling the police.
“The pre-sentencing report (in Francesco Sansalone’s case) states that the incriminating process was difficult due to the mental health issues, which afflict the accused to a point where the author deems certain information provided by him should be considered with caution,” Labelle said. “He has lived with his brother for several years, since 2009, and this event seems to have triggered a decline in certain aspects of his life.
“Some of the more cognitive distortions appear when he speaks of his past relationships. According to the information he submitted, he sought vulnerable partners who were grappling with addiction, were homeless or who had been abused in the past.”
Tukkiapik was in a relationship with Sansalone for a decade.
“The accused wrestles with several mental health issues, which have not been addressed in the past. He is isolated and he is not capable of taking on simple household chores and tasks. It is very possible these issues have impacted his decision-making process,” the judge said while referring to the report. “He does not seem to possess a firm grasp on reality.”
Nicodemo Sansalone’s sentence includes 70 days of preventive detention he had already served. In his case, the judge agreed with a sentence recommended by both sides. During his probation, he will have to carry out 50 hours of community service.
Weeks before she died, Tukkiapik was staying at a motel with Francesco when he noticed she was bleeding from her buttocks. He assumed she was bleeding because of stress.
According to what Francesco later told the police, he placed bandages on Tukkiapik and, shortly after, they returned to the house in Montreal North to live with his brother. He said she grew weaker but refused to be taken to a hospital.
When Tukkiapik died, Francesco informed his brother and they both moved her body to their couch, where she remained for six months despite the smell, he later told police. They simply placed a blanket over her body.
The court was also told that Francesco feared facing Tukkiapik’s family. Her relatives were lied to when they came looking for her in September 2023. He refused to let them inside the house.
No prison time for Montreal brothers who left woman's body on couch for six months
Francesco Sansalone receives a conditional sentence involving house arrest, and Nicodemo Sansalone is sentenced to three years of probation for his role in covering up the death of Alasie Tukkiapik, 41.
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