The death of 17-year-old Braiden Jacob is being investigated as a homicide, the Thunder Bay Police Service announced in a written release Thursday afternoon.
Officers were dispatched to the southern portion of Chapples Park shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 after a passerby saw what they believed might be a body, police said.
A post-mortem examination was conducted in Toronto on Thursday, Dec. 13, and the results confirmed the body discovered was that of Jacob.
He had been reported missing by police on Dec. 6.
Jacob was from Webequie First Nation, and was in Thunder Bay to receive counselling services which were unavailable in his home community.
Jacob’s death is believed to be the eighth homicide of 2018 in Thunder Bay.