Police continue search for missing man

A helicopter and dive team continue to search for an adult male who has been missing nearly a week south of Wawa. Ontario Provincial Police said the man was reported missing last Tuesday around 8 p.m.

A helicopter and dive team continue to search for an adult male who has been missing nearly a week south of Wawa.

Ontario Provincial Police said the man was reported missing last Tuesday around 8 p.m. near the Frater Road, approximately 80 kilometres south of Wawa.

OPP have declined to indicate what the individual was doing when he went missing at the request of the missing man's family.

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The following is an update on the search from the OPP:

WAWA - The Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) remain at the scene of a missing person incident near the Frater Road located approximately 80 kilometers south of Wawa.

On Tuesday September 16, 2014 at approximately 8 p.m. the OPP received a report of a missing person.

Police have been searching the area with the assistance of the Emergency Response Team (ERT), the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), the Air Support (Helicopter) and members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment.

The OPP is continuing to search for the missing man.

Updates will be sent out as the investigation progresses.

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