Autopsy expected after body found floating along Etobicoke shoreline

By News Staff

Posted June 5, 2017 11:18 pm.

Last Updated June 6, 2017 8:50 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Toronto police are investigating after a body was pulled from Lake Ontario in Etobicoke on Monday afternoon.

Police were called to Sand Beach Road Parkette at about 3:30 p.m.

The body was reportedly floating against rocks near Sand Beach Road, south of Lake Shore Boulevard.

The age and gender of the deceased have not been released.

An autopsy will be performed Tuesday.

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