Police confirm body of Beaumont man who vanished in North Saskatchewan River has been recovered – Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
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Eleven days after a 20-year-old Beaumont man was last spotted alive in the North Saskatchewan River in Devon, Alta., the RCMP has confirmed his body has been recovered.
In a news release issued Thursday, police said the Parkland RCMP detachment was told on Saturday that Edmonton firefighters had discovered human remains near a bridge.
The remains were brought to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for identification purposes.
On Thursday the RCMP was informed the remains were of Austin Laporte.
Devon RCMP say a person was seen struggling in the water of the North Saskatchewan River near Voyageur Park boat launch around 7 p.m. on Sunday. The missing person has been identified as 20-year-old Austin Richmond Laporte from Beaumont, Alta.
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The RCMP have said Laporte was seen struggling in the river near the Voyageur Park boat launch in Devon at around 7 p.m. on July 16.
A witness told Global News that a number of people saw the man struggling in the middle of the river but he was swept away before anyone could reach him.
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