Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after two bodies discovered outside a remote northern First Nation. Photo: APTN file
Ontario Provincial Police say a homicide investigation is underway in a remote northern First Nation after two people were found dead.
Police say both bodies were found in a recreation and camping area near Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, a remote fly-in community more than 500 km north of Thunder Bay, but only one of the deaths is being investigated as a homicide.
OPP spokesperson Autumn Eadie says the second death is part of the investigation but not believed to be the result of foul play.
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug is also known as Big Trout Lake. It is an Anishininiimowin community.
A news release sent out by the First Nation’s tribal council said both people were community members.
Eadie says officers responded to a call around 3 p.m. on Jan. 1 and found one person dead, then shortly after found a second person dead.
OPP say there is not believed to be any further threat to public safety and they are waiting for the results of a post-mortem exam to release further details.
