Authorities in Ontario have recently confirmed that the human remains discovered inside a vehicle submerged in Lake Ontario earlier this year are those of a former prison guard who went missing over four decades ago.
The Ontario Provincial Police’s Lennox and Addington County Detachment were conducting a vehicle retrieval operation in January when they came across an additional car in close proximity. Upon further examination, they determined that the car contained human remains.
The remains have now been identified as belonging to David Hannah, who was reported missing at the age of 36 in 1983.
In 2011, law enforcement stated their belief that David Hannah, who vanished around the same time, had been the victim of a homicide. A reward of $50,000 was offered for any information leading to the apprehension of his killer.
At the time of his disappearance, Hannah was employed as a prison guard at the Millhaven Federal Institution, a maximum-security prison in Bath, Ontario. He was last seen with his blue 1969 Oldsmobile Delta 88.
David Hannah hailed from Amherstview, Ontario, a township situated on the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario.
Authorities continue their efforts to gather further details about this decades-old case and encourage anyone with relevant information to come forward.
