(GREATER SUDBURY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is conducting a sudden death investigation in the Greater Sudbury Area.
On Friday, May 23, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) members received a call regarding an unresponsive individual at a residence in Lively. Emergency medical services transported the individual to the hospital where they were pronounced deceased.
The deceased has been identified as 19-year-old Roch (Rocco) Renaud of the City of Greater Sudbury.
On Wednesday June 18, 2025, the GSPS requested the OPP to assume responsibility for the investigation. A postmortem was conducted at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OFPS), but a cause of death has not yet been determined.
The investigation is ongoing under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner and the OFPS.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
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