Police say they have found human remains near a truck north of Britt Ontario.
On June 15, at approximately 3 p.m., OPP officers from Sudbury, the Canine Unit, the Emergency Response Team and Forensic Identification Services responded to a call of an abandoned passenger vehicle on Highway 637 approximately eight kilometers west of Highway 69 in Waldie Township, north of Britt.
Police found human remains in the vicinity of a black 2006 Dodge Ram truck.
A post-mortem was conducted and the identity has been confirmed as Jack Patrick, 63, of Aurora. He had been reported missing from York Region in January and is the registered owner of the truck.
Police are also investigating the theft of some of his belongings taken from the vehicle.
A press release about Patrick issued by York Regional Police on Jan. 24 said he had last been heard from Jan. 22, when he spoke with a friend.
York Regional Police said he had been known to camp in Northern Ontario. In conjunction with the OPP, they had searched for him last winter in the area of White's Falls Road in Georgian Bay Township.
The Sudbury Detachment Crime Unit is working under the direction of the Office of the Chief Coroner and Forensic Pathology Service.
With files from Sudbury.com
