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The Timmins Police Service is continuing with its active investigation of a suspicious death involving an unknown male deceased person whose body was located in the area of Bozzer Park in Timmins early this morning.

The matter remains under investigation by the Timmins Police Service – Criminal Investigation Division, working in conjunction with the coroner’s office.

The body of the deceased person has been removed from the scene awaiting a post mortem examination in keeping with standard investigative measures involving loss of life.

Efforts to positively determine the identity of the deceased person remain underway by the investigators with the Timmins Police Service.

The Timmins Police Forensic Identification Unit remains on site actively performing a thorough investigative search of the area where the body was found and other areas likely to yield evidence that will assist in this investigation.

Preliminary findings at the scene give rise to the possibility that foul play is involved.

The Timmins Police Service is thankful to local residents who are respecting the fact that public access is denied to this area for the time being.

The Timmins Police Service is renewing its appeal to the public to provide any relevant information to investigators at 705-264-1201 and quoting incident TI16013493 or by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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