Pointe Grondine — The Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service (WTPS), with assistance from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) crime unit in Sudbury, is investigating the sudden death of a Sudbury woman whose body was discovered several hours after she had been reported missing on a recent trip to Point Grondine Park near Killarney.
WTPS Staff Sergeant Tammy Duffy told The Expositor last Thursday, “a 46-year-old female from Sudbury had been hiking in the park with her husband when they became separated, and he called the police reporting that she was missing.”
“The woman’s body was discovered several hours later (roughly five hours) by police,” said S/Sgt. Duffy.
The woman, who police identified as Lara McCann, had been reported as missing in the park on August 26.
Point Grondine Park is located on Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and is operated as a backcountry wilderness park.
Police were not able to release details with respect to when, how or where the woman’s body was found.
“An autopsy is expected to be held,” said S/Sgt. Duffy, who added that the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service are assisting the investigation. No other updates are expected for several weeks.
