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A special prosecutor in Dominica has announced that an extensive international investigation led to the conviction of two American men on July 28 for the murder of Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand. The bodies of Langlois and Marchand were discovered in December 2023 inside a burnt-out vehicle near their luxury resort on the Caribbean island.
Keith Scotland, the prosecutor, stated that during the month-long trial, more than 46 witnesses were called, and evidence included ballistics, DNA, and phone records. Scotland noted that Langlois died from multiple gunshot wounds, and a ballistics report could not exclude a firearm belonging to one of the accused, Jonathan Lehrer, as the source of the bullets.
Witness testimony also placed co-accused Robert Thomas Snyder Jr. near the area where gunshots were heard and later near the road where the couple’s burned vehicle was found. Lehrer and Snyder have appealed their convictions and are expected to be sentenced in September. Lehrer, an American property owner, had been involved in a years-long dispute with Langlois over road access to the couple’s resort.
