Police dig up Timmins dump, looking for missing woman

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(Timmins, Ontario) – The Ontario Provincial Police is currently searching the Deloro Landfill Site in Timmins in connection with the disappearance of a Schumacher woman, who went missing in December 2003.

Members of the OPP North East Region Emergency Response Team are assisting as searchers with the support of excavation equipment.

Two OPP Cadaver dogs are also on scene.

The OPP was asked by the Timmins Police Service in May 2004 to conduct an investigation into the whereabouts of Pamela Holopainen, 22, of 77 Fourth Ave., Schumacher. She was last seen leaving a house party on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. She was reported missing by a relative on Dec. 31, 2003.

There has been no contact between the woman and her two children since her disappearance, nor with her other family members. It is unusual for the woman not to be in touch with her family.

Members of the South Porcupine OPP detachment and Timmins Police Service, under the direction of OPP Detective Inspector Dave Truax, Criminal Investigation Branch, are conducting the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the OPP at 705-235-3345 or Cochrane District Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Additional information will be provided when available.

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