Autopsy reveals Nunavut student drowned
Police investigating what happened between disappearance and discovery of body
CBC News
Posted: Oct 30, 2012 1:42 PM CT
Last Updated: Oct 30, 2012 8:01 PM CT
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An autopsy on the body of a student from Nunavut who went missing in Kingston, Ont. has determined that the 22-year old died by drowning.
Police in Kingston are investigating the death of Ken Kilabuk, a 22-year-old student from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, who went missing in the city in mid-October. (Kingston Police)But police in Kingston, Ont., cannot say whether the death of Ken Kilabuk is being treated as suspicious.
Kilabuk, who was from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, was attending St. Lawrence College in Kingston. He went missing in the city the night of Oct. 15 or in the early morning of Oct. 16, and his body was found on the banks of a local river last weekend.
Police are still investigating what happened during the almost two weeks between the Kilabuk's disappearance and the discovery of his body.
The school is planning to hold a memorial Tuesday afternoon.
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