The Prince George Citizen - Saturday. November 7.1998 - 9 Hockey Two arrested in Hogue’s sister’s death ST-CESAIRE, Que. (CP) — Two men morning on a roadside in nearby St- spokesman said Hogue was last seen have been arrested in connection w ith Damase, about 30 kilometres east of leaving the Bar 112, where she the stabbing death of Marlene Hogue, Montreal. worked, with three men last Saturday the sister of for­ A Quebec provincial police night. ward Benoit Hogue. Yann Desrosiers, 21, and Francois Beauregard, 26, were charged with second-degree murder Friday. NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 14,1998 ONLY The men were arrested separately Thursday afternoon. A preliminary in­ quiry is to begin Monday. The body of Marlene Hogue, 30, an exotic dancer at a St-Cesaire bar, was discovcyed by a passerby Sunday IT PAYS TO

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