RCMP confirm body is suspect wanted in N.S. boy’s alleged confinement
Posted October 4, 2012 8:34 am.
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RCMP have confirmed that a body found in the woods of northern Ontario is a man who was facing charges of alleged confinement of a 16-year-old Nova Scotia boy.
Police say Wayne Cunningham’s body was found near Long Lac at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
A news release says Ontario Provincial Police officers found the remains of the 31-year-old near a 2003 Hyundai Elantra he was believed to have travelled in.
Cunningham had faced charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement after a boy alleged he was held captive by two men at a home last month.
Police say the cause of death is under investigation, but foul play is not suspected.
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 wearing light clothing in near-freezing temperatures.