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First Nations Teen Death Ruled Homicide

The death of 17-year-old Braiden Jacob of Webequie First Nation is now being investigated as a murder.

Police say his body was discovered in the Chapples Park area in Thunder Bay last Sunday morning.

He had been reported missing by Thunder Bay Police one week ago.

Jacob’s body was sent to Toronto for a post-mortem examine, but the results of the autopsy along with the cause of death are not being released by authorities.

No arrests have been made.

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