Provincial police are promising a "significant update" into the deaths of three Six Nations of the Grand River residents, whose bodies were discovered over four months ago.
Police said on Wednesday that senior officials with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Six Nations Police Service would provide the update on Thursday pertaining to the deaths of Alan Porter, 33, Melissa Miller, 37, and Michael Jamieson, 32. No further information has been released at this time but the OPP said further details would be provided during the announcement at 2 p.m.
The bodies of the three Six Nations of the Grand River residents were discovered with a stolen grey 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck in a field off of Bodkin Road near Jones Road outside of Oneida Nation of the Thames on the morning of November 4, 2018. Autopsies were performed two days following the discovery, however, the cause of death has not been released by police.
In the weeks that followed, police revealed that Miller, a mother of five and grandmother of one, was seven months pregnant at the time of her death. As well, Porter was a father of two and Jamieson was a father of five. The trio were also close friends.
A 36-year-old Six Nations of the Grand River woman was charged on November 24 with three counts of accessory after the fact to murder in relation to the deaths. No further arrests have been made.
The families of the three victims renewed a plea for tips in triple homicide last month in a video posted to social media.
Police have not confirmed or denied whether the three deaths are linked to the murder of Douglas Hill, Miller’s former common-law partner whose body was found on Bodkin Road in August 2017.
BlackburnNews.com will be providing coverage of the police update on Thursday at 2 p.m.
-With files from Miranda Chant