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HELEN BROWN - THE STORY OF HELEN BROWN OCTOBER 13, 1949 - MONTREAL POLICE, QUEBEC, CANADA 14:43PM CORONER INFORMATION In 1949, Helen Brown disappeared. According to Montreal police, this was the most bizarre and macabre account of child neglect ever documented. It is said that Beatrice Brown, Helen’s mother never accepted her child’s schizophrenia. After four years in the city’s insane asylum, nine-year old Helen was brought to a treatment center. What happened next caused the city to close down the mental institution forever. Beatrice Brown claimed to have asphyxiated her daughter with a wet towel and choked Helen with her own hair. Beatrice then claimed to have beaten Helen with a piece of porcelain from a vanity tank. What caused Beatrice’s sudden act of violence against her own daughter? No one knows. Upon arrival, authorities sealed off the crime scene but Helen’s body was never found. After 12 days of searching the entire compound, police halted their efforts to find the remains of the young girl and placed Beatrice Brown under arrest. Beatrice Brown mysteriously died in her jail cell less than 48 hours later. Part of the psychiatric ward was never fully demolished, instead local authorities decided to build a high school, in hopes to cover the story and keep it secret from the public. According to testimony this incident occured in the Rosemount- La Petite Patrie district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the corner of Beaubien and 16th Avenue 3 blocks East of St. Michel Boulevard. In 1952 Rosemount High School opened for the public. The only remaining photo of Helen was a drawn portrait that was found in her grandmother’s house.

To learn more about this sotry please consult Montrela police record and artifacts. Ville de Montreal - 1949