Peel police are seeking witnesses after a middle-aged man was found dead Friday behind a Mississauga strip mall.

Police are canvassing the area today in hopes of finding witnesses to provide information for their investigation. Officers say they would like to speak with anyone who may have used a footpath Friday that runs behind the Woodchester Mall shopping plaza, where the man was discovered, south to Thorn Lodge Drive.

In a news release, Peel police have identified the victim as 36-year-old William Marcel Maassen of Mississauga.

On Friday, at around 2:33 p.m., police responded to the area near Winston Churchill Boulevard and Dundas Street West, where they were made aware of an unconscious male behind a plaza. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.



Peel Regional Police are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide and missing persons bureau at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.