Provincial police are investigating after human remains were discovered over the long weekend in Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, northeast of Sarnia, Ont.
Police say members of the Lambton County OPP detachment, West Region emergency response team, and an OPP canine unit were “assisting Anishinabek Police Service with a search” when a body was found shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday.
OPP forensic identification services was called to the scene and a post-mortem examination was conducted on Monday. The examination showed the death was the “result of a homicide,” though police have not released a cause of death.
“What I know so far is that a young man from the community was reported missing early on Friday morning,” Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation Chief Jason Henry told Global News.
“On Sunday, in the early afternoon, there was the body of an unidentified male person found at Stony Point. Early this morning, police released a statement that the unidentified person died as a result of a homicide but they have not released the identity of the individual yet or the cause of death, only that it was a homicide.”
In a release Tuesday morning, OPP said the victim had not yet been identified but that further updates would be provided as more information became available. While Henry noted that a man had been reported missing on Friday, he stressed to Global News on Tuesday afternoon that, as far as he knows, the remains found Sunday are still unidentified.
“All I can say is that, if anybody knows anything about this, please contact the Anishinabek Police Service and tell them what you know.”
In a release, Lambton County OPP say its crime unit can be reached at 519-882-1011 or 1-888-310-1122 and that information can also be sent to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online.