1970 Press Photo Montreal Coroner Laurin Lapointe talks on Pierre Laporte Death

Montreal Coroner Laurin Lapointe describes to reporters in Montreal Wednesday how chain twisted about the neck of Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was tightened. The body of the minister, found in the trunk of a car Sunday morning following his abduction by Front de Liberation in Quebec terrorists October 10, was found with a chain about the neck. The autopsy report showed Mr. Laporte to have died as a result of strangulation.

Photo is dated 1970.

Photo measures 8 x 10.5 inches.