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Victim identified after body found on roadside in Haldimand County, Ont.

An Ontario Provincial Police van enters the perimeter surrounding the Hullet Conservation Area, northeast of Clinton Ont., Sunday, September 14, 2014.
An Ontario Provincial Police van enters the perimeter surrounding the Hullet Conservation Area, northeast of Clinton Ont., Sunday, September 14, 2014. Global News file

Ontario Provincial Police have identified the body of a man discovered on the side of the road in Haldimand County, Ont. early Sunday morning.

The remains of Wade Henhawk, 29, of Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation were found on Mississauga Road near New Credit Road.

Police said a local resident found the body as he was backing out of his driveway.

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OPP officers are working with Six Nations police to determine the cause of his death.

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Roads were blocked for about eight hours on Sunday while police investigated two scenes. Mississauga Road was closed between Ojibway and New Credit roads, and New Credit Road was blocked from Mississauga Road to Second Line.

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The second site was about two kilometres away from the first. Police blocked off Second Line from Onondaga Road to Chiefswood Road on Sunday.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the OPP.

Haldimand County is about 40 kilometres south of Hamilton, Ont.

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