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Human remains found in Nanaimo

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Jan, 2024 05:20 PM

Nanaimo R-C-M-P say human remains found at a beach on Wednesday have been identified as that of a 35-year-old man reported missing early last month.

Mounties say the remains were found at Neck Point beach.

Several tattoos and other identifying marks allowed police to identify the man as Ryan Pratt, who had been living on a sailboat moored in nearby waters off Hammond Bay Road.

His friends reported him overdue on December 2nd after he was last seen heading toward his boat in a small skiff the previous afternoon.

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