More than six months after Yves Cyr disappeared without a trace, his fiancée confirmed his body was found near the Gatineau River on Sunday afternoon.

The 41-year-old was last seen in the industrial park near Airport Boulevard in Gatineau. He had just left work nearby. His pickup truck was found in a McDonald's restaurant parking lot on Maloney Boulevard seven hours later. (Courtesy Anne Boudria)

Anne Boudria told Radio-Canada that police called her to break the news after the body was recovered in Cantley, Que., a municipality north of Gatineau, Que.

A group of young people had spotted Cyr's body on the banks of the river.

A homicide investigation is underway, according to Sûreté du Québec, and an autopsy will be conducted in Montreal.

Last seen after leaving work

Cyr, 41, had been missing since Dec. 7, 2015, when he was seen for the last time in Gatineau's industrial park near Airport Boulevard at about 3:30 p.m. He had just left work nearby.

His red pickup truck, a Ford Ranger, was found in a McDonald's restaurant parking lot on Boulevard Maloney at about 10 p.m. that same night. Cyr's bank accounts haven't been used since his disappearance.

"We were such a normal, quiet couple," Boudria told CBC News in an interview in February, two months after Cyr's disappearance.

"It was work, home, work, home. ... We're not into drugs, we're not into alcohol, we don't go to bars, we don't go anywhere. You try to have a good life, you try to do good in life and then this happens to you, and why? ... It's so hard to understand and comprehend why."