Body found in Midtown creek, police treating as suspicious

A body was discovered in a creek in Deer Park Tuesday. Toronto Police are treating the death as suspicious.

Toronto police are investigating after a body was found in a creek in Midtown Toronto, in the Deer Park neighbourhood, Tuesday morning.

Police said they were called to a nature trail near Yonge Street and Heath Street East around 8:45 a.m.

The body was spotted in the water by a passerby who notified the authorities.

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The Marine Unit was called in to remove the body. The coroner’s office has been called in to investigate.

A cause of death has not been determined, but police are treating the discovery as suspicious.