THUNDER BAY – Foul play is not evident in what a police statement calls the "tragic death" of Tammy Keeash after the teen's body was found in the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway last weekend.
Findings from a post-mortem examination was conducted on the 17-year-old's body in Toronto earlier this week were disclosed in a Thunder Bay Police Service media release issued Friday, which determined the cause of death to be consistent with drowning.
The teen's guardian contacted police on May 7 at 1:28 p.m., requesting that officers check on her at a specific address where she could not be located. She was reported missing about an hour later at 2:23 p.m.
Police were called around 9 p.m. that night after the body was found in the water near the intersection of Redwood Street and Ford Street.
The subsequent investigation conducted by the police's criminal investigations branch has determined she was last seen near the shore of the Floodway at around 10:30 p.m. on May 6. Investigators spoke to the people who were with the teen at that time, with police saying all the individuals were known to each other.
The death remains a coroner's investigation.
