The remains of a man who went missing from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in 2008 have been found along the Trans-Canada Highway in northwestern Ontario.
Donald Bonner, 55, had been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after he signed himself out of the hospital at Colony Farm and never returned.
His remains were discovered in April by a Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry crew and later identified by the Ontario Provincial Police. A post-mortem exam was done in Toronto and police are continuing to investigate, but foul play is not suspected.
At the time of his disappearance Bonner was staying at the Coast Cottages on the Riverview Hospital grounds. He signed himself out on June 8, 2008.
There have been several notable disappearances from the hospital since then.
Gregory Owen Schleen left the hospital in September 2009 and May 2012; in the second instance he was returned to the institution about four months later.
His disappearance had come just a couple of days after David Fomradas, who in 2009 carjacked a vehicle with actor Carly Pope inside and later crashed it into the CBC building in downtown Vancouver, also disappeared.
The two incidents prompted officials to temporarily suspend unescorted day passes.
And in December 2012 Kurt Derksen was out on a day pass to visit his brother in Richmond but, less than a week later, Coquitlam RCMP were called by Peel Regional Police in Ontario to say they had Derksen in custody.
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