Body found in Yarmouth identified as missing person

By News Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2015 01:40:47 PM.

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YARMOUTH, N.S. – Police in Nova Scotia say the body of a man who was reported missing last week has been found in icy waters in Yarmouth.

RCMP Sgt. Al LeBlanc says the body was found at about 8:20 a.m. Monday by someone who works at a local ice plant on the wharf.

LeBlanc says the man has been identified as 64-year-old David Mande Saulnier.

Saulnier was reported missing last Tuesday after he was seen at his family home at about 8 p.m.

LeBlanc says police do not suspect foul play.

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