SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT
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The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the Dec. 4, 2020 death of a 32-year-old man in St. Catharines. The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) brought the incident to the SIU’s attention on Dec. 16, 2020.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 10 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2020, an assist ambulance call came in and NRPS officers were dispatched to the area of Frank Street and Gale Crescent.
- Soon after arriving in the area, officers observed a man hanging from a tree. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
There is no indication police were with the man when he died. However, given the reported nature of multiple interactions the police had with the man in the hours before his death, and their proximity to the incident in question, the SIU has opened a file in the matter.
Three investigators have been assigned to the case.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.
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