MORRISBURG – According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), a body was recovered from the shores of the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg on Sunday, Sept. 9.
Police believe the body belongs to the 25-year-old male from Brampton, ON who jumped from the Prescott-Ogdensburg International Bridge on Thursday, Sept. 6.
Members of the Grenville County OPP, the OPP Marine Unit, the OPP helicopter, the Canadian Coast Guard, the Edwardsburgh and Prescott Fire Rescue, and the Ogdensburg Police Service assisted in the search for the missing male.
Police say the body recovered matches the description of the missing male.
An autopsy is expected to confirm the male’s identity.
