Former Hells Angels leader Maurice ‘Mom’ Boucher dead at age 69

The former leader of the Hells Angels, Maurice “Mom” Boucher, has died at the age of 69 while in custody at Archambault Institution.

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed his death on Sunday, saying he died of “apparent natural causes.” He was being treated for throat cancer at the institution located in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, north of Montreal.

Boucher, the former head of the Nomads – the armed wing of the biker group – had been serving an indeterminate sentence for the murder of two prison guards, Pierre Rondeau and Diane Lavigne, in 1997 during the biker war in Quebec. He was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, assault with a weapon, and carrying a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

In 2015, Boucher was convicted of conspiring to kill Raynald Desjardins, an alleged associate of the Montreal Mafia, for which he was sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison.

Boucher’s next of kin have been notified, according to CSC, which added it will be reviewing the circumstances of his death “as in all cases involving the death of an inmate.”