(SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP, ON.) – On Wednesday March 16, 2016, shortly after 12:00PM, officers from the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of suspected human remains being located in a section of the Simcoe County Forest, east of Gill Road, south of Hillview Crescent, Springwater Township, Ontario. The suspected remains were located by a citizen who was in the area walking their dog.
The investigation is in the early stages and is being conducted by members of the Huronia West OPP Crime Unit and Central Region Criminal Operations, under the direction of Detective Inspector Jim Gorry of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB). The OPP Forensic Identification Services Unit (FISU) is also on scene and is assisting.
The Coroner has attended the scene, determined the remains to be human and has ordered a post mortem examination to be conducted at the Office of the Chief Coroner and Forensic Pathology Services located in Toronto on Friday March 18, 2016.
Further details will be provided only as they become available and as the investigation continues.
