{"id":604260,"date":"2026-04-14T21:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604260\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:39:13","slug":"toronto-police-use-dna-to-identify-man-found-dead-in-lake-ontario-34-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604260\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police use DNA to identify man found dead in Lake Ontario 34 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police obtained a DNA profile of the deceased man and uploaded it to public-facing databases in January. They got a lead within days. A DNA sample from a relative confirmed his identity.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators couldn&#8217;t identify the man using conventional investigative tools<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Apr 14, 2026 4:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Toronto police use DNA to identify man found dead in Lake Ontario in 1992.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776202753_942_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Police have referred to the man only as &#8216;Kevin.&#8217; They say his loved ones long feared the worst. (Michael Wilson\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police say DNA technology has enabled them to confirm the identity of a man who was found dead in Lake Ontario more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the man was found in the Inner Harbour area on July 27, 1992, and conventional investigative techniques were unable to identify him.<\/p>\n<p>They say a DNA profile was obtained and uploaded to public-facing databases in January of this year, and investigators found a lead within days.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they obtained a DNA sample from a potential close relative in Western Canada and the test confirmed the man&#8217;s identity last week.<\/p>\n<p>The man, whom police only referred to as Kevin, hadn&#8217;t been reported missing but police say his loved ones had long feared the worst.<\/p>\n<p>They say his death was not suspicious. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Police obtained a DNA profile of the deceased man and uploaded it to public-facing databases in January.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":{"0":"post-604260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}