Despite reports from the Alberta Missing Report website that Cochranite Jeremy Kaquitts was found “located and well,” the 44-year-old resident was actually found dead in December.
Kaquitts was initially reported missing last year after he was last seen on Dec. 13 walking away from his place in Cochrane. Cochrane RCMP reported that Kaquitts was a known insulin-dependant diabetic and his family was worried about his welfare.
After a ground search was conducted by Cochrane RCMP and Cochrane Search & Rescue, Kaquitts’ body was found “not far from the residence he was last seen departing from,” according to Cpl. Troy Savinkoff.
“At this point, there is nothing suspicious about the nature in the death.”
While the Medical Examiner is still looking into the possible cause of death, Savinkoff noted that the last night Kaquitts was seen alive, the temperature dropped to – 36 C.
Kaquitts was found a month before Cochrane RCMP found two other sets of human remains west of Cochrane – a skull and jawbone were found on Jan. 25 on Stoney Nakoda First Nation by a resident’s dog and a body was found embedded in snow and ice in a wooded area in Jumpingpound Demonstration Forest on Jan. 29.
Further examination by the medical examiner is scheduled to determine age, gender and ethnicity for the first remains found in Stoney Nakoda First Nation, and an autopsy was scheduled for the second set of remains found in the Jumpingpound Demonstration Forest.
Anyone with information on either events is asked to call the Cochrane detachment at 403-932-2211 or if you want to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
