(CHRISTIAN ISLAND, ON)- Members of the Anishinabek Police Service were alerted to the discovery of what would appear to be human remains late in the afternoon of April 30, 2014 in the area of Big Sand Bay on Christian Island.
A request was made to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to assist in this investigation which resulted in members being dispatched from the OPP Southern Georgian Bay Detachment along with members of the following OPP Central Region Units- Crime Unit, Forensic Identification Services Unit (FISU), K-9 Unit and Emergency Response Unit (ERT).
A search of the area resulted in remains and other scene exhibits being removed for further examination at the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto so as to determine their origin, identity and possible cause of death.
The investigation is continuing and updates will be provided as they become available.