According to local authorities, two Americans were charged with murder on December 6, 2023, in connection with the deaths of Daniel Langlois, a Quebec philanthropist and pioneer of animation, and his companion on the island of Dominica.
Langlois and Dominique Marchand operated a hotel in Gallion, in the south of the small Caribbean Island. Their bodies, which had been missing for several days, were discovered burned in a vehicle.
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Dominica police spokesperson told a media outlet, “Two American citizens, Jonathan Lehrer and Robert Snider, have been charged for murder. They are in custody.”
The murderers’ initial motivation was not disclosed by the authorities.
According to the police spokeswoman, Snider, and Lehrer—a contractor who lives on the island and is a neighbor of the Quebec couple—briefly appeared at Roseau Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning.
The authorities disclosed that four individuals had been taken into custody as part of the probe.
For the business he started, Softimage, Langlois amassed a fortune by creating state-of-the-art 3D animation software that was utilized in popular films including “Jurassic Park,” “Star Wars,” and “The Matrix.”
As stated on the website of his organization, he sold his business to Microsoft in 1994 and received a Scientific and Technological Oscar three years later.
