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My heart goes out to Harmanjit's family, as they go through the difficult process,of viewing the body, then waiting for DNA confirmation.
Family of missing man says body not their sons
Police recovered a body from this creek, just off Seabreeze Crescent.
Hamilton Spectator
By Bill Dunphy
After seeing the face of a man whose body was found in a creek-cut gully Monday, members of a missing Stoney Creek man's family said it is not their boy
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"We will have to wait for DNA testing, but they do not feel it is him," Chahal said.
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Present for the viewing where Chahal, Manjit Singh the teen's father Singh's girlfriend and three family friends. Most of the body was covered during the viewing.
"It wasn't very recognizable," Chahal said, clearly shaken by the experience.
The body was described by police as being in an advanced state of decomposition, making visual identification difficult. A comparison of a number of physical traits (scars, etc.) produced ambiguous results, Chahal said.
He acknowledged that the body was described to him as that of a young South Asian male. Singh is from the Punjab state of India and was here on a student visa.
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Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, said they have seen a number of bodies wash ashore from the lake in the 50-plus years she'd lived there, suggesting it could have been washed up the creek by high winds this week.
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Police previously said they will rely on a DNA comparison to be certain of any identification, a process that could take weeks. Toxicology tests which can assist in assessing the cause of death may take months, Chahal said the family was told.
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Do we know who it is, if it's not Harmanjit?
Autopsy can’t determine cause of death for body found in flood basin
34 minutes ago
Hamilton Spectator
An autopsy on the body of a man found in a Stoney Creek flood basin was unable to determine the cause of death, police said Friday
Further forensic examination of the remains will be needed, including DNA tests, Hamilton police said in a release.
The family of missing Stoney Creek teen Harmanjit Singh Chahal have said they believe the body is not that of their son, who has been missing since Oct. 27.
Decomposition in the air is twice as fast as when the body is under water and four times as fast as underground.
http://www.memorialpages.co.uk/articles/decomposition.php
A body found in a Stoney Creek flood basin has been confirmed to be that of missing teen Harmanjit Singh Chahal.
Police announced Friday that DNA was used to positively identify the remains at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto.
DNA identifies human remains as Harmanjit Singh: Hamilton Police
Singh disappeared in October last month without a trace
CBC News Posted: Dec 05, 2014 5:07 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 05, 2014 5:07 PM ET
DNA testing has identified the human remains found floating in a flood basin in Stoney Creek in late November as 19-year-old Harmanjit Singh, Hamilton Police said late Friday afternoon.
Police said a post-mortem examination did not reveal a cause of death. Police are continuing forensic examination of the remains.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/dna-identifies-human-remains-as-harmanjit-singh-hamilton-police-1.2862549
Remains verified as Harmanjit Singh
Posted: December 5, 2014 08:14:38 PM | Last updated: December 5, 2014 08:42:18 PM
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We just got off the phone with Harmanjit Singhs uncle Sunny who lives in Brampton He tells us they just found out the devastating news a couple of hours ago and right now they are consoling each other.
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Right now, no word if foul play is suspected. His uncle says his family is coping with the news and will be planning his funeral.
http://www.chch.com/remains-verified-harmanjit-singh/