UPDATE: Police have positively identified the body recovered from Catfish Creek, north of Wawa on Saturday, April 19. The victim has been identified as Stephane Plamondon, 32, from Edmonton, Alta.
He has also been positively linked to the 2003 Chevrolet Impala that was located nearby on the side of Highway 17. It is still unknown what Plamondon was doing in the area or which direction he was traveling in.
Cause of death is being withheld until further forensic tests have been conducted on biological samples and on the contents of the car. Superior East OPP, with the assistance of the Northeast Region Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Unit, continue their investigation to ascertain the events leading up to Plamondon’s death.
Anyone with information that may assist police are asked to call the Superior East OPP Detachment at 1-888-310-1122.
Original: On April 19, at approximately 6:40 a.m., Superior East OPP, Wawa found an abandoned vehicle 25 km North of Wawa on Hwy 17.
The 2003 brown Chev Impala with an Alberta licence plate was parked on the southbound side of the highway with the passenger doors open and the car motor running.
No one was found near the vehicle and it appears there were injuries sustained within the car.
The Northeast Regional Crime Unit, OPP Canine, OPP Emergency Response Team, Forensic Ident Unit and the OPP Helicopter are assisting Superior East OPP with the investigation.
OPP are asking anyone that may have been driving in that area early this morning and has any information to call OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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