Remains of missing person found in Bridgewater, N.S.

Nova Scotia police found the remains of a missing person in a wooded area on Thursday.

Police in Bridgewater, N.S., say they have found the remains of a missing person.

Finn McDormand, 21, was reported missing around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Police say McDormand ran off from their parents while in Gow’s Home Hardware.

Both police and McDormand’s family were concerned about their wellbeing, as they lived with medical issues.

A Bridgewater Police Service K9 team found McDormand’s remains in a secluded wooded area near Forest Hill Road Wednesday.

Police had asked people to avoid the area as they completed “a suspicious death investigation” in news release release posted to social media Wednesday night.

While police initially called it a “suspicious death investigation,” they said Thursday there was no evidence of foul play at the scene.

“There was no foul play suggested in any of our investigative details. But again, we can’t speculate on a cause of death until that’s brought forward by the medical examiner service,” Deputy Chief of Police Danny MacPhee told CTV News Atlantic.

“We treat every sudden death investigation as suspicious until we can determine the cause of death.”

The search for McDormand lasted nearly 23 hours.

With files from CTV News Atlantic’s Hafsa Arif

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