Overview

• Officers were called Sunday afternoon to an area near the Rivière des Prairies in the Montreal North borough where the remains were located.
• Police say the remains are believed to belong to a man, but the individual has not been identified.
• Authorities have not confirmed that a severed head was recovered.
• Global News, citing unnamed sources, reports the remains consist of the upper body from above the shoulders.
• A security perimeter was established around the scene, and the cause of death remains under investigation with suicide not ruled out.