Human remains found in ocean near Placentia Bay ID'd as missing Coast Guard employee

Human remains found in ocean near Placentia Bay ID'd as missing Coast Guard employee

The human remains recovered off Placentia Bay, N.L., earlier this month have been identified as the coast guard employee who went missing at sea in September.

Body found in ocean near Placentia Bay identified as missing coast guard employee

The RCMP says human remains that were found a week ago in the ocean near Placentia Bay are those of a missing Canadian Coast Guard employee.

Human Remains Found in Placentia Bay Those of Missing Coast Guard Crewmember

The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a missing Canadian Coast Guard employee has been solved. RCMP say that the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that remains found in Placentia Bay on October 19 were those of a crewmember reported missing at sea on September 16. Coast Guard officials discovered that the veteran member was missing when the icebreaker Vincent Massey docked in St. John’s harbour. Jocelyn De Varennes was awarded t…