Canadian Consulting Engineer

Dead body found in duct

April 17, 2008
By Canadian Consulting Engineer

Next time you investigate a blockage in an air ventilation system, you might find more than you bargained for.

Next time you investigate a blockage in an air ventilation system, you might find more than you bargained for.
An electrician working in a private club in Winnipeg discovered the body of a 25-year old man in the air duct. Firefighters had to dismantle the ducts using crowbars to get at the corpse, which was believed to have been there for weeks. A CBC report said the police thought the remains were those of a thief who had been trying to break into the building, the Barca Club in Osborne Village.
By a freak coincidence, six years ago, the decomposed body of a missing disc jockey was found in the walls of a nightclub in the same neighbourhood.

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