Body of man found near missing Ontario journalist’s car, no ID released yet
Posted Aug 20, 2014 07:50:31 AM.
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BROCKVILLE, Ont. – Police say no foul play is suspected after the body of a man was found not far from where the vehicle of a missing journalist was located in eastern Ontario.
Police aren’t releasing the identity of the man, saying next of kin have yet to be notified and a post mortem has yet to be carried out.
The body was found in a rural area outside Brockville, Ont., near where Steve Pettibone’s car was found abandoned in a field Tuesday night.
The discovery of the car prompted an extensive search of the area that involved officers on ATVs, a canine unit and a police helicopter.
Pettibone was last seen at 7:30 a.m. on Monday when he left his home in Belleville, Ont., to go to work at the Brockville Recorder and Times, where he is the sports editor.
The newspaper’s managing editor, Derek Gordanier, wrote a column appealing for assistance in locating the 39-year-old journalist, saying the disappearance was “out of character.”
