OPP confirm body found is Noelle Paquette
Noelle Paquette disappeared walking home New Year's Eve.
CBC News
Posted: Jan 2, 2013 7:15 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 3, 2013 7:15 PM ET
Noelle Paquette was last seen walking south on Christina Street in Sarnia. (Sarnia Police Handout)Lambton OPP are confirming the body of a woman found yesterday morning near Sarnia is Noelle Paquette, who disappeared after leaving a downtown party in Sarnia on New Year's Eve.
Police say the 27-year-old was last seen walking south on Christina Street in Sarnia.
A body of a woman was found by Lambton OPP at 10:30AM on Wednesday.
Lambton OPP spokesperson Const. Chrystal Jones said, "The victim was located in a woodlot on Mandaumin Road between Petrolia Line and Rokeby Line in St Clair township."
In a media release on Thursday, Lambton OPP confirmed the body is that of Paquette.
A post mortem will take place in the coming days at London Health Sciences Centre.
The death is being treated as suspicious, and Sarnia police and the OPP are working together on the investigation.
The OPP is asking anyone with information to call a dedicated tip line. That number is (855)-835-5677.
Share Tools
Latest Windsor News Headlines
- Sprucewood fire investigation to be 'lengthy process'
- It appears the massive plastics fire at Sprucewood Industries in west Windsor started out back of the recycling plant. more »
- Premier Wynne 'committed' to harness racing
- Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she's committed to making sure there is a sustainable horse racing industry in the Windsor area. more »
- Windsor fire reviewing industrial inspection policies
- The Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating the massive industrial fire that broke out Tuesday at Sprucewood Industries in west Windsor. more »
- Medical centre to replace strip club downtown Windsor
- A Toronto company is investing close to $3 million in a medical clinic that will replace a strip club in downtown Windsor. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- U.K. attack suspects were focus of past security probes
- WARNING: This story contains graphic content. Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said, as investigators tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider radical Islamic plot. more »
- Neil Macdonald: Harper no Obama when it comes to dealing with scandals
- Beset by three so-called scandals at the moment, Barack Obama has been meeting his accusers and the press head on, Neil Macdonald writes. The same cannot be said for how Stephen Harper operates. more »
- Needed: New approaches to defuse 'suicide contagion' among teens
- Mental health experts say we need to find new ways to refer to and discuss suicide, particularly now that a large medical study has confirmed that teens are more susceptible to the idea if they know a schoolmate who died that way. more »
- 2nd suspect in Tim Bosma case now in court for murder charge
- A second man arrested in the death of Tim Bosma, a Hamilton husband and father who disappeared after taking two men on a test drive of his pickup truck, has arrived in court to face a charge of first-degree murder. more »
- Year-round schooling coming to Windsor
- 2nd suspect named in Tim Bosma slaying
- Windsor Arena to be replaced by Catholic school
- All clear after 6-hour industrial fire in Windsor, Ont.
- Windsor fire reviewing industrial inspection policies
- Nearly 200 Catholic teachers to be laid off in Windsor-Essex
- Trapped ducklings in Windsor saved by cellphone app
- Arson suspect arrested by Windsor police
- Windsor-Tecumseh by-election to be after budget passes
