Police have confirmed the body found May 10 in the Kaministiquia River in Thunder Bay is that of missing Webequie teen Jordan Wabasse.
Initial results of a postmortem examination May 11 indicate the cause of death was drowning, according to the Thunder Bay Police. Foul play is not suspected.
Thunder Bay Police reported recreational boaters discovered the body near the Western Grain Elevators just east of the James Street Bridge.
Wabasse, 15, was last seen Feb. 7 and was reported missing by a guardian the next day.
The Ontario Provincial Police Underwater Search and Recovery Unit conducted two unsuccessful searches for Wabasse in the Kaministiquia River in February and March. The OPP also conducted an aerial search in February using a helicopter.
A group of volunteers have also conducted ground searches for Wabasse in the Westfort area of Thunder Bay since he went missing.
Police and Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue were called to the scene after the boaters discovered the body.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
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