NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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MISSISSAUGA FIRST NATION - On June 24, 2017, shortly after 5 p.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the East Algoma Crime Unit and the OPP Forensic Identification Services responded to a report of found human remains in a wooded area on the Mississauga First Nation territory.
Upon arrival at the scene, the officers located human remains which were transported to the Office of the Chief Coroner - Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCC-OFPS) in Sudbury where a forensic post mortem examination will be completed on June 28, 2017.
The OPP will continue to carry out a thorough and professional investigation into this discovery and further information will be provided only as it becomes available.
Any person with information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or their nearest police authority.
Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit information online where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
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