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Peel Regional Police are still puzzling over how the body of a Mississauga man ended up in a Michigan landfill, two days after they reported the man missing.

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Police confirmed Monday that a body discovered Friday at the Brent Run Landfill in Montrose, Mich., is that of Kevin Joseph Arendt.

“We see a lot of mannequins and things like that in the trash and at first brush that was kind of the thought, but something was not quite right about it so the operator took a closer look and sure enough it was a dead body,” Brent Run manager Dan Gudgel said.

Mr. Arendt, 38, left a bar near Dundas Street West and Confederation Parkway in Mississauga at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27, according to a police missing person’s report, which added that he was seen driving a navy blue Jeep Liberty with Wisconsin plates.

Sgt. George Tudos of Peel Police said police do not know if the vehicle is registered to Mr. Arendt but they do know that his last known address was in Mississauga. A check on the Missouri transportation website showed the plates expired on June 20.