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The body of missing McGill University professor Eleanor Stubley has been found, Montreal police announced Monday.

In a Twitter post, the SPVM said there was nothing to indicate she was the victim of a crime. A police spokesperson said Monday that officers responded to a 911 call from someone who had discovered her body.

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Stubley, who lived in Westmount, had multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair or forearm crutches. She was driving a specially adapted 2004 blue Dodge Grand Caravan, licence plate number 238 RQL when she went missing.

She was last seen Aug. 7 at 8:30 p.m. near Notre-Dame St. W. and St-Philippe St. in the St-Henri district. Police say her body was found in the Sud-Ouest borough.

Stubley, 57, the associate dean of Graduate Studies at the Schulich School of Music and an associate professor of music history, is an internationally renowned conductor who has worked with the Massey Singers, Bach Festival Orchestra and members of the Canadian Opera Company, according to McGill’s website.

Stubley had just begun a one-year sabbatical on July 1.

Stubley also had been the music director of the Yellow Door Choir (for 17 years, until 2014) and the artistic director of Chora Carmina, a contemporary music ensemble. She has authored many books and articles on the history of music and performance theory.