Police identify human remains found in Vanier apartment building last month

By CityNews Ottawa

Posted Oct 30, 2022 07:20:00 PM.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Homicide Unit has identified the remains located on Deschamps Avenue last month in an apartment building in Vanier as Mary Papatsie.

Mary Papatsie of Ottawa was 39-years-old when she went missing in April of 2017 and was last seen in the Vanier area.

The OPS is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493.

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