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Mission Rd deaths considered murder-suicide

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Police conclude – a murder/ suicide investigation BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON – On Monday, June 29 at 10:10 p.m., officers from the Batchewana Police Service and the Sault Ste.
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OPP NEWS RELEASE

************************* Police conclude – a murder/ suicide investigation

BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON – On Monday, June 29 at 10:10 p.m., officers from the Batchewana Police Service and the Sault Ste. Marie OPP Detachment were dispatched to 2829 Mission Road on the Batchewana First Nation.

The deceased were identified as Hilda Agawa, 63 years old of 2829 Mission Road on the Batchewana First Nation and James Dunn, 55 years old, of 155 Pim Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

They were known to each other.

The post-mortem examinations conducted in Sudbury at Laurentian Hospital on Thursday, July 2 and the investigation indicate that James Dunn was responsible for the death of Hilda Agawa.

James Dunn died of a self-inflicted wound.

The investigation is currently ongoing by members of the Batchewana Police Service, Sault Ste. Marie OPP, and the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.

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