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Human remains were found last Saturday in the water in the area of Sir George Etienne Cartier Boulevard and the road to CH-Marina Airport.
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June 16, 2022 • 3 hours ago • 1 minute reading Ottawa police are searching for 35-year-old Brett O’Grady on Sunday, October 17, 2021, after he disappeared on Thursday. The family had distributed hundreds and hundreds of flyers around the area. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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Ottawa police say they have found the remains of Brett O’Grady, Shopify’s father and financial manager, who have been missing since October.
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The Ottawa Police Department said in a press release Thursday that they had responded to a call for service on Saturday for human remains that were located in the water in the area of Sir George Etienne Cartier and CH Airport-Marina Road.
A medical examiner was present at the scene, according to a media statement, and the Marine, Diving and Trails Department found the remains.
“The forensic identification process has begun and it was confirmed yesterday afternoon that it was Brett O’Grady, who has been missing since last October,” the statement said.
Police investigators and the medical examiner concluded that there was no suspicion of abuse.
“We would like to thank everyone involved for all their efforts to find Brett,” police said. “Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”
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O’Grady’s disappearance sparked a major deployment of police resources and public searches to find him.
Becky O’Grady, Brett’s wife, told the paper in October that the morning he was last seen was like any other morning. When she left for her shift as a nurse on the city campus of the Ottawa Hospital, Brett was raising their two-year-old son and preparing him for kindergarten. He left the boy in kindergarten, but did not show up at 4 p.m.
Friends and family later found Brett’s bike off a trail about a mile from his home. They also found his sweater, pillow and bag.
Brett, an accountant who was born and raised in Ottawa, was the head of the Shopify treasury.
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