Prevost had a criminal record for a variety of minor offences but was in no way associated with drug consumption or the drug trade, those close to him have told Coolopolis, so the chances of his death being a gangland slaying seems slim.
Rumour has it that the Dalbe Viau High grad might have encountered a group of loud drunks out near where he was found around the scenic park-area near the Lachine Marina, near the St. Lawrence River and Lachine canal at St. Joseph and Seventh Ave.
He was found dead by a passerby walking a dog near 11 p.m. and police said that he had been dead for about three hours at the spot, which sits about 40 minutes by foot from his home.
Prevost was the father of three children, Nicolas, Jessica and Jeremie, from two different mothers. He had been estranged from the mother of his first child since the birth and only met his daughter, his eldest child, when she was 11.
He also left behind his mother Pauline Fecteau and stepfather Marius Pitre as well as sister Julie, and brothers Dominic and Pascal.
Chances that Prevost was killed by random strangers seem tiny but the area around the Lachine Canal had once been known as a spot where random attacks have taken place, most notably in 1998 when a string of random attacks raised concerns for the safety of the area.
Prevost's murder was the seventh of the year on the island of Montreal in 2014 and his identity has not been revealed by media until now.