SHANTY BAY, Ont. – Provincial police say human remains found at a golf club northeast of Barrie, Ont., are those of a woman reported missing a year ago.
Police say officers were called to the Heritage Hills Golf Club in Shanty Bay, Ont., on Feb. 27 after a group of hunters located what they believed were human remains.
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Investigators say the remains were confirmed as human but a buildup of snow and ice in the area required slowly thawing out the underlying ground and melting the snow before the remains could be removed.
They say a forensic anthropologist co-ordinated the removal of the remains last Friday and they were transported to the Office of the Chief Coroner and Forensic Pathology Service for an autopsy.
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The OPP says the remains have been positively identified as those of 72-year-old Madelaine Thompson of Barrie.
Thompson was reported missing to Barrie police Service on Feb. 3, 2017, and was the subject of an extensive search for a number of weeks following her disappearance.
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