OPP investigating body pulled from Ottawa River as homicide
Robert Prevost, 63, found dead Saturday near Clarence-Rockland
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating the death of a 63-year-old man whose body was found in the Ottawa River last weekend as a homicide.
Police pulled the man's body out of the water near Dallaire Street in Clarence-Rockland around 5:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports from the public. Dallaire Street is about 40 kilometres northeast of Parliament Hill.
In a news release Friday, OPP identified Robert Prevost as the victim of a suspected homicide. Prevost had last been seen in February and was reported missing in March.
An individual, located deceased in the Ottawa River in Clarence-Rockland, has been identified and his death has been deemed a homicide.<br><br>On Saturday, May 17th, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RussellOPP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RussellOPP</a> responded to a report of a body discovered in the Ottawa… <a href="https://t.co/xrrFE7lKdR">pic.twitter.com/xrrFE7lKdR</a>
—@OPP_ERAnyone with information about Prevost's death is asked to contact Russell County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.