After 7-year investigation, police ID remains found in remote area of northern Ont.
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Police have successfully concluded a seven-year death investigation and have identified the remains of a man found in 2017 near the Sault.
Police have successfully concluded a seven-year death investigation and have identified the remains of a man found in 2017 near the Sault.
His identity was determined using investigative genetic genealogy, but at the request of his family, his name is not being released.
The remains were found by a hiker on July 30, 2017, on a cliff overlooking Montreal River Harbour, about an hour north of Sault Ste. Marie.
“As a result, members of the Superior East Wawa detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police began an investigation under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch,” police said in a news release Tuesday.
An extensive search of the area uncovered clothing, a firearm, coins and a cardboard box.
“The deceased was carrying Canadian currency,” police said.
“It is unknown how the individual arrived at the location, but it is believed they may have taken a bus, walked or hitchhiked.”
