Missing Snowmobiler Found Deceased

Source: OPP
Date: Fri May 9 04:48:42 MST 2025

(SOUTH PORCUPINE, ON) � The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has located the body of a missing snowmobiler on Horwood Lake.

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, members of the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) and the Northeast Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) located the body of the 40-year-old Timmins resident who had been reported missing in April. The OPP Forensic Identification Services Unit is now supporting the investigation.

A post-mortem examination is being scheduled at a later date.

As previously reported, on Sunday, April 20, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., the South Porcupine OPP responded to a report of an overdue person who was operating a motorized snow vehicle (MSV) on Horwood Lake in Horwood Township, approximately 70 kilometers west of Timmins.

The South Porcupine OPP, ERT, OPP Aviation Services, and USRU were involved in the search efforts.

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