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In 1956, at the age of 17, Monica married Anthony Smith, a Scottish gangster (he was 33). The couple had two children. Smith was deported from Canada in 1962.
She then became romantically involved with Viateur Tessier, but he was jailed in 1966 for armed robbery.
The area had been purchased by the City of Montreal for future demolition for the Jeanne Mance public housing projects. The victims had been suspected in the murder of West End Gang kingpin Frank "Dunie" Ryan.
Monica and her accomplices held up more than 20 banks, stealing over an estimated $100,000. On September 19, 1967 Monica died after crashing into a bus and being shot twice by an undercover police officer following a high-speed chase through the north-end of the city.
Reportedly, this was to have been her last bank robbery, intended to fund a new life in Florida.
A 2004 Quebec film Monica la mitraille (Machine Gun Molly in English) was loosely based on her life. The film was adapted from the book Souvenirs de Monica by.