Found Deceased Canada - Nadiya Salim, 22, Toronto, 11 Jan 2016

Nadiya Salim, 22, was last seen on Monday, January 11, 2016, at 2 a.m., in the Danforth Road and Eglinton Avenue East area.

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Police are investigating after an unidentified body was found in a creek near the ramp from Highway 401 to Thickson Road in Whitby.

Ontario Provincial Police say that officers from their Whitby detachment located the body on Thursday after receiving a report.

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Officers from the Highway Safety Division’s crime unit and forensics specialists are currently part of the investigation. Police haven’t said whether they consider the death suspicious.

A post-mortem examination of the body is expected on Friday.

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The woman’s identity is not known at this time.

Police say her body was discovered in a creek near the highway.

In a release the OPP would only say that she had “short dark hair.

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He said it appears the deceased woman may have been in the creek “for some time.”

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“Investigators are seeking assistance from the public in this investigation,” Schmidt said.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation should call Det.-Const. Derrick Robinson at 416-453-9804 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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