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SIU investigating after OPP recovers body in Norfolk County, Ont.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says its director found "no reasonable grounds" to charge the officer after a 42-year-old drowned in Waterford following an interaction with police. OPP / Twitter

The province’s police watchdog has launched an investigation surrounding the death of a 42-year-old man in Norfolk County, Ont.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says around 7 p.m. Saturday, OPP responded to a call about a man acting “erratically.”

Officers reportedly had an interaction with the man and saw him enter the Waterford Ponds.

Police were unable to find him.

At 12:14 p.m. Sunday, the OPP Marine Unit recovered a body.

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The SIU says two investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to the case.

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They’re asking anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.

Anyone with video evidence is asked to upload it through the SIU website.

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