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Richard Racicot.

STONY MOUNTAIN - The massive search for missing 18-year-old Richard Racicot has ended with the news that his body has been located.

Moments before a scheduled news conference with the family, the RCMP notified Racicot's father that his son had been found dead.

Out of respect for notification of kin, the RCMP did not initially say where the body was located.

However, police were gathering at the entrance to a secluded area just down the road from the Stony Mountain Curling Club. About 2 km southeast of the curling club is an area known as Target Hill, where corrections officers have weapons training. With the entrance blocked off by police, officers travelled into the area by snowmobile.

JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA A group of snowmobiles search for missing Richard Rachicot who was last seen Saturday leaving a social in the town of Stony Mountain.

The RCMP and the Medical Examiner entered the scene with a bodybag.

"This is a nightmare and it's not getting any better right now," said Sgt. Line Karpish.

Over 50 volunteers, many of them young, have been combing the area since Sunday morning. Dressed warmly, some on skis and snowmobiles, they passed out photographs of a clean-cut Racicot.

Many of them are now gathered outside the curling club, crying and consoling each other. A girl who earlier identified herself as Racicot's sister sat on the ground, sobbing in the arms of friends.

Stony Mountain is located 15 km north of Winnipeg.