Ontario Provincial Police say they found a vehicle with human remains inside, which had been in the water for “many years,” while searching Lake Ontario near Kingston for a completely different vehicle earlier this year.
In a news release sent Wednesday, the police detachment for Lennox and Addington counties said the original discovery was made in January and the remains — which have not been identified — were confirmed last month.
Det.-Const. Shannon Cork said the vehicle was found covered in debris, making it clear it’s been on the bottom of the lake for some time.
The way the remains were found was unusual, the officer said, adding she had never before come across this type of discovery during her 21-year career in policing.
“Who knows how many years would have gone by if we hadn’t had that incident in January?” Cork said.
A barge with an excavator and police officers, including two divers in cold-water gear, could be seen floating in the water a little ways from shore near two red buoys on Wednesday.
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