OSHAWA -- Foul play is not suspected in the death of a man whose body was found in a creek in south Oshawa Friday afternoon. Michael Joyce, 43, of Phillip Murray Avenue in Oshawa was found with no vital signs in the Oshawa Creek near the Thomas Street bridge around 3 p.m. Friday by fishermen.
"It's not suspicious at all," Durham police Sergeant Paul McCurbin said. "It looks like death by misadventure."
A post mortem examination showed the man drowned, Sgt. McCurbin said.
Firefighters and paramedics converging on the scene attempted without success to revive the man, an officer on the scene Friday said. Police cordoned the area around a bike path off for several hours following discovery of the body.
Police continue to try to track Mr. Joyce's movements prior to his death.
Sad indeed.