Regional Police identify body found in Woolwich Township as missing Kitchener man

By News Staff

Posted Aug 23, 2013 12:19:17 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Waterloo Regional Police have identified a body found on the weekend as missing Kitchener man Carlos Benavides.

His body was found on Sunday August 18, 2013 in a pond near Fountain Street North in Woolwich Township.

The 41 year-old man was reported missing by family and was last seen on July 25, 2013.

An autopsy revealed that Benavides’s death was consistent with the effects of drowning.

Investigators do not suspect foul play and are not considering the death to be suspicious.

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