Daughter found dead, father still missing after falling through ice in Ontario

The search for a missing father is continuing after his daughter was found dead following a tragic incident in northern Ontario last weekend.

Ontario Provincial Police said that on Dec. 29 at around 3 p.m., officers received a call for help amid reports of two people who had fallen through the ice at Pete’s Dam Park in Temiskaming Shores.

Emergency crews began a search for the two individuals. In an update on Thursday, OPP said one of them had been found deceased.

A police spokesperson told INsauga.com that the body was found not far from where they were reported have fallen through the ice, adding that the younger of the two missing individuals was the person located deceased.

Police haven’t said publicly that the pair who fell through the ice were a father and daughter.

However, in a post on Facebook shared by Member of Parliament Charlie Angus, Amanda Rickard wrote that her sister’s fiance and one of his twin daughters went through the ice.

Angus called the incident “a tragedy.”

“Prayers for the family. Please stay off the ice. It’s not solid. I have watched too many people go out on the ice as the temperatures have risen,” Angus said.

The OPP asked that the public avoid the area as their search continues.