Body of missing teen girl found in Quebec river two weeks after disappearance
Body of missing teen girl found in Quebec river two weeks after disappearance
Body of missing teen girl found in Quebec river two weeks after disappearance
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Quebec provincial police have recovered the body of a teen who went missing nearly two weeks ago from the Rivière du Nord in Piedmont, Que. in the Laurentians.
A citizen reported to police that they had seen the body in the river shortly after 9 a.m.
Search teams first scoured the river looking for the young girl on May 12.
She was one of four people standing on a rocky surface near a bridge in Saint-Adele, the neighbouring municipality. She is said to have fallen in at around 12:30 p.m. that day.
In the days that followed, police officers and firefighters participated in the search for the teenager. The Surete du Quebec deployed personnel on watercraft, divers, its helicopter and a drone to patrol the area.
An investigation is ongoing to determine how she fell into the water.
The girl's identity is not being released by police because she is a minor.
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