City police detectives spent Friday canvassing a London commercial plaza where a missing man’s body was found in his SUV a day earlier.

Police discovered the body of David Hole, who had been reported missing nearly two weeks earlier, in a parking lot at Wellington Road and Commissioners Road East about 6 p.m. Thursday.

“Right now, we’re continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr. Hole’s disappearance and his death,” said Const. Sandasha Bough.



Police released this photo of Hole's 2007 Ford Escape on Nov. 20. His body was found Thursday inside the vehicle parked in a plaza on the southwest corner of Wellington Road and Commissioners Road East.

Hole, 53, was last seen in south London Nov. 15, said police, who issued a missing person appeal five days later, saying his family was concerned for his welfare.

Hole’s body was found in his 2009 Ford Escape, which was parked outside a retail centre housing several restaurants, a grocery store, cheque-cashing business and pharmacy.

An employee at one of the ­restaurants said he first noticed the SUV parked in the lot on Wednesday.

“But I didn’t notice anything suspicious about it,” said the man, who asked not to be identified.

It wasn’t until Thursday night when police came into his work that the man said he gave a second thought to the SUV.

“They basically just asked if I’d noticed the Ford Escape there,” the man said, adding that investigators also asked if the building has surveillance cameras.

The major crimes unit is handling the investigation.

An autopsy was performed Friday to determine cause of death.

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Police vehicle in the parking lot at Wellington Street and Commissioners Road on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 where a body was found Thursday night. (MORRIS LAMONT, The London Free Press)