Toronto police ask for public help in identifying man pulled out of water
Posted June 27, 2016 1:33 pm.
Last Updated June 27, 2016 2:45 pm.
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Toronto police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man found dead in Lake Ontario, near Billy Bishop Airport, on the weekend.
His body was pulled from the water around 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Police have released a photo of the man hoping someone recognizes him.
Warning: the photograph on the Toronto police website may be disturbing.
He’s described as 45 to 55, about 5-foot-9, 160 pounds with short black-and-grey hair and a black-and-grey beard.
He was wearing a grey, long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and aqua blue running shoes with orange stripes.
In another incident, a man in his 20s also died after being pulled from the lake on Sunday morning. Paramedics say it was an accidental death. The man fell in while he was out with friends walking along Queens Quay at Yonge near the ferry terminal around 5 a.m.
