The OPP is looking for the public’s assistance in solving a two-year-old mystery.
The body of an unidentified female was found in a tent in a wooded area in Kenora in June 2009. She remains unidentified, but Thursday the OPP released four facial approximations to the public in hopes someone will recognize her.
The deceased is described as a Caucasian woman between the ages of 35 and 55. She was five-feet-four-inches tall and weighed about 110 pounds.
She had shoulder-length, light brown hair and was wearing oval-shaped eyeglasses with wire rims across the top of the lenses.
The woman had a small amount of belongings with her in a small black duffle bag, including the book A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby.
Police had found her no later than a week after she died and Northwest Region community services coordinator Sgt. Shelley Garr said foul play is not suspected. The cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.
They are releasing the sketches in hopes that someone will recognize the woman.
“The OPP believes the family and coworkers and friends deserve to know what happened to this woman,” said Garr. “We’re hoping someone will see these facial approximations and will say ‘that reminds me of so-and-so’ or ‘I believe I know who that is.’”
Garr said a Google map of the area was also found in the tent with some outlines made in red.
“We’re not sure of the significance but the hand-drawn pencil marks on the map, they mirror the Hydro and natural gas lines that are obvious on the satellite image of the area,” she said. “It may indicate that she knew someone from the area that was able to help her with that information.”
Photos of the scene surroundings, the sketches and other information about the case are available for the public at www.missing-u.ca under case #20090051OPP.
Anyone with any information about the woman’s identity can contact the Kenora OPP detachment, their local police service or at www.missing-u.ca.
