Quebec coroner’s inquest: System failed man with nowhere to go

From the day she met him, Johanna Duprey knew Mario-Nelson Boucher was going to require a lot of help, but something about him convinced her he was worth it.
Duprey, a social worker employed by the NAHA Centre, a residence for homeless men trying to transition to more stable lifestyles, was in charge of screening applicants for the centre’s 19 apartments. Boucher was coming there from nearly 23 years spent in prison.
Meeting in her office in late 2015, Boucher told Duprey he was motivated