Police are seeking any information from the public on a truck similar to the one above that was found at the scene. (OPP Supplied Photo)
Six Nations Police are assisting the OPP in a triple homicide investigation that claimed the lives of three Six Nations community members found deceased in an area in the Municipality of Middlesex Centre, near the Oneida First Nation Territory.
Three people were found deceased in a pick up truck Sunday, November 4, 2018 shortly before 10 a.m. near the Oneida First Nation in the Middlesex Centre municipality.
Six Nations Police are asking for the public’s assistance and have established a new police tip-line at 1-844-677-5050. Or you can contact the Six Nations Police Service at 519-445-2811 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.crimestoppers-brant.ca.
Six Nations Police are asking that in light of this tragic and traumatic event that has affected the Six Nations as well as surrounding communities, Six Nations would like to remind everyone to be respectful of the families at this time and let them heal.
The investigation is ongoing and further updates will be provided as they become available.
Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an area near Bodkin Road and Jones Drive in the Municipality of Middlesex Centre, after the discovery of three deceased persons identified as Melissa Trudy Miller, 37, of Six Nations of the Grand River, Alan Grant Porter, 33, of Six Nations of the Grand River and Michael Shane Jamieson, 32, of Six Nations of the Grand River.
Police were alerted to the presence of a grey pick-up truck in a field off of Bodkin Road and after further investigation found three deceased persons at the location. OPP have not released cause of death but said a post-mortem examination of the two men and woman at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in Toronto confirmed the deaths to be homicides.
Members with the Middlesex OPP Major Crime Unit, OPP West Region Criminal Operations, OPP Forensic Identification Services (FIS) are investigating the circumstances of the deaths, under the direction of Detective Inspector Pete Liptrott of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), with the assistance of the Six Nations Police Service, Oneida Nation of the Thames Police Service, Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service
Police are asking for the public’s assistance with regard to this investigation. Anyone who may have any information or may have seen a grey 2006, Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck in the area of Bodkin Road, prior to 10:00 a.m., November 4, 2018 is asked to contact a newly established police tip-line at 1-844-677-5050, or the Six Nations Police Service at 519-445-2811 with any information.
Bodkin Road at Jones Drive re-opened to motorists.
Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
