NEWS RELEASE
THUNDER BAY POLICE SERVICE
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Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of an adult male following the discovery of a body in a waterway on the city’s southside this weekend.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Uniform Patrol Branch were originally dispatched to the zero-to-100 block of Simpson Street near the Kaministiquia River Heritage Park just after 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, after a passerby called 911 to report what appeared to be a body in water.
Firefighters with Thunder Bay Fire Rescue and paramedics with Superior North EMS were also dispatched to the scene.
The body of a deceased adult male was located and retrieved. Police continue to hold a scene and ask the public to continue avoiding the area at this time.
Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Major Crimes Unit are now involved in the investigation. A post-mortem examination is pending, and the investigation remains ongoing.
If you have any information that could assist investigators please call police at 684-1200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.
