Huntsville OPP officers are investigating the discovery of human remains.
On Sunday, November 21, a member of the public called the OPP to report human remains found on a property near Gryffin Lodge Road in Huntsville. Uniformed officers responded and discovered human remains.
The Ontario Forensic Pathology Service is trying to determine the identity of the human remains.
Police say Richard Pitt, 56, from Huntsville was arrested in relation to the incident and has been charged with "Indignity to Human Remains,"
Section 182(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada states a person who "improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years."
Pitt appeared before a Justice of the Peace today and was remanded into custody. A publication ban has been imposed on reporting details of the case.
The Huntsville OPP Crime Unit is continuing the investigation, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, assisted by OPP Central Region Forensic Identification Services and the OPP Central Region Emergency Response Team.
The investigation is being conducted in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to call Huntsville OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously.
