A manhunt for a suspect in a suspicious death investigation in Bancroft ended with an arrest early Monday.
Bancroft OPP say around 9 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to reports of an assault at a home on Faraday Street in the town of Bancroft, about 105 kilometres north of Peterborough.
OPP and paramedics located an injured 69-year-old man at the scene. Police say he was transported by ambulance but was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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The name of the victim has yet to be released.
The OPP’s emergency response team, canine unit and helicopter team conducted a search of the area and arrested a suspect around 4:30 a.m. Monday.
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No other details have been released.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Faraday Street is just 750 metres away from Woodview Lane, where OPP arrested six last Thursday in a drug investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or anonymously via Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- 8477 (TIPS) or online.
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