Second suspect in confinement case found dead
Posted Oct 4, 2012 09:07:43 AM.
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The RCMP say police in Ontario have found the body of the fugitive wanted in the alleged confinement of a 16-year-old boy in Nova Scotia.
The Ontario Provincial Police say the body of a 31-year-old man was recovered near a 2003 Hyundai Elantra that had been recovered on a logging road in northern Ontario.
“A body was found during a ground search by members of the Ontario Provincial Police Emergency Response Team,” said Nova Scotia Media Relations Officer Sergent Alain Leblanc
Police say the body is that of Wayne Alan Cunningham, who faced charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement after a boy alleged he was held captive by two men at a home last month.
“The cause of death is currently under investigation by the Ontario Coroners Office and the Ontario Forensic Unit,” said Leblanc.
Foul play is not suspected.
The car was found Wednesday about 19 kilometres off the highway in Greenstone, about 250 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.
Cunningham’s co-accused, David James Leblanc, was arrested Sunday on a road in Greenstone after officers received a report of a man wandering with no shoes and light clothing in near-freezing temperatures.
