

Paul Johnston, CP24.com





Provincial police have identified a body found in a Whitby ditch last week as that of a missing Toronto woman.

The discovery was made near a ramp connecting Highway 401 to Thickson Road on Thursday.

A post-mortem examination was conducted in Toronto the following day.

“It was determined that (the) body was that of a female and the only description is that she had short dark hair,” a release from Ontario Provincial Police last week said.

In a subsequent release issued Tuesday afternoon, investigators said they had identified the woman as 22-year-old missing Toronto resident Nadiya Salim.

Details on the cause of death were not included in the update from investigators.

In a tweet sent out earlier this year, Toronto police said that Salim had last been seen in the Danforth Road and Eglinton Avenue area on Jan. 11.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Det.-Const. Derrick Robinson at 416-453-9804 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).