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The body of a young mother raising a toddler was found in a rural area outside Lancaster on Saturday, the victim of a homicide.

Emilie Maheu, 26, who had been missing since Thursday, was found at about 11:30 a.m. along the edge of a cornfield.

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OPP in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry did not give the precise location for the discovery but Concession Road 3 in South Glengarry Township — a gravel road flanked by cornfields, about 15 kilometres east of Lancaster — appeared to be the focus of attention.

A portion of the road was closed to regular traffic, blocked by OPP cruisers and ringed with yellow crime scene tape.

OPP were not available Sunday to explain why homicide detectives were called in. An autopsy is to take place this week at the General campus of The Ottawa Hospital.

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On Facebook, condolences poured in for Maheu, who has a 22-month-old daughter. Her online page said she worked as a secretary at a chiropractic clinic in Alexandria, the town where she was raised and attended École secondaire catholique Le Relais.