A female torso found at the Oshawa Harbour in September is that of an 18-year-old teen who went missing a month before, Durham police said on Thursday.

At around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, a fisherman in the Simcoe St. and Harbour Rd. area notified police that he had found a torso in the water.

When police arrived, they confirmed that the torso, which showed signs of significant trauma, was that of a female.

The city’s homicide unit took over the investigation.

After conducting a DNA examination, Durham police said the torso belonged to Rori Hache, of Oshawa, who had been reported missing by her family since Aug. 29.

Her death is the eighth homicide in the Durham region this year.

“I love her,” Hache’s godmother, Krysia Meeldyk told Oshawa This Week when the teen went missing.

Hache had had a challenging childhood, but had begun to establish herself, and had her own income and apartment, Meeldyk said. The teen frequented Oshawa’s downtown core and was a regular at The Refuge, a youth centre downtown.

Durham police were not able to provide further details on Hache’s death. Nor did they say if they have any suspects.

With files from Oshawa This Week

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