SQ seeks help finding woman who may be with wanted man

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The Sûreté du Québec is asking for the public’s help in locating a Shawinigan woman who may be with a man wanted in connection with an armed assault.

Véronique Vennes, 25, was last seen by relatives on Aug. 24 in Shawinigan, about 175 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

Vennes’s relatives “fear for her safety,” the SQ said in a statement.

Vennes may be with Hugo Tousignant, 33, who is the subject of an arrest warrant after an attack on the weekend in Shawinigan,.

Police said they may be in Montreal or elsewhere in Quebec.

They could be in a grey 2018 Ford Escape with a Quebec licence plate: M12 PRQ

Tousignant is 5-foot-10, weighs 170 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. He may have a trimmed beard.

Vennes is 5-foot-3, weighs 150 pounds and has brown hair and eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the SQ’s criminal information centre (1-800-659-4264).