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Body discovered outside Richmond Hill school

York Regional Police are at the scene this morning in the area of 16th Avenue and Yonge Street near Sixteenth Avenue Public School
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NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau responded after a body was located outside of a school in the City of Richmond Hill.

On Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at approximately 8:20 a.m., officers received a call regarding a body located near a school on 16th Avenue, just east of Yonge Street.

The Office of the Chief Coroner has been contacted and the scene is being held. The deceased has not yet been identified.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-866-287-5025, ext. 7241, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com.

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