FREDERIC SERRE

The 1019 Report

The Sûreté du Québec yesterday afternoon arrested two men in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 25-year-old Kevin Mirshahi, a cryptocurrency influencer believed to have been killed in Les Cèdres after being kidnapped last June. His bound and gagged decomposing body was positively identified by a coroner on Oct. 30, two weeks after being found in a busy Montreal park by city workers.

The SQ yesterday identified the two suspects as Darius Perry, 27, of Châteauguay, and Nackeal Hickey, 26, of Montreal. Both appeared at the Valleyfield courthouse yesterday afternoon to face charges of complicity to commit murder and kidnapping Mirshahi and three other persons. The SQ did not provide details about how and where the two men were arrested. A third person has been charged with Mirshahi’s killing and abduction. She has been identified as Joanie Lepage, 32, of Les Cèdres. Police allege Mirshahi was killed inside her residence.

Montreal city workers stumbled upon Mirshahi’s body at Île de la Visitation Nature Park in Ahuntsic. Police say Mirshahi’s hands and feed were bound and his body showed signs of violence.

Mirshahi disappeared on June 21, after enjoying a night of bar hopping, when he and three friends, two women and a man, were attacked and abducted by a group of hooded suspects from the parking lot of a condominium building in Old Montreal. Police believe the victims were taken to a residence on Rolland Street in Les Cèdres. The next morning three abductees were released unharmed and were found in Montreal’s west end. Mirshahi, however, remained missing.

Lepage’s next court appearance is Dec. 4.