Missing Indo-Canadian may have been encased in concrete:police

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Press Trust of India Toronto
Last Updated : Jul 26 2015 | 7:42 PM IST
A 22-year-old Indo-Canadian man has been missing for over 20 days and police believe he may have been brutally killed and his body encased in concrete slab and buried somewhere in the Niagara region in southern Ontario.
Shawn Kapadia from Mississauga may have been killed on July 5 and investigators believe his body was moved from Toronto to a home on O'Reilly's Road South in Ontario.
He was reported missing by his parents to police on July 10. A backhoe was seen at the Wainfleet home and later observed leaving with a large chunk of concrete in its front bucket.
The John Deere backhoe sought in connection to the disappearance and believed homicide of Kapadia was found in Niagara Falls on Thursday.
At a news conference Detective Dave Dickinson said investigators believe Kapadia was murdered at a home on Sunday, July 5 - the day he was last seen alive.
Police believe after his murder, Kapadia's body was moved to the Niagara region and police were looking for a stolen or borrowed John Deere backhoe that may have been used to dispose of his body.
Police have not been able to locate the concrete slab, and are asking for the public's help in looking for it.
Forensics officers, meanwhile, spent more than 24 hours searching the Wainfleet home.
Dickinson said there have been no arrests in the case so far, though he said the case is progressing quickly.
Police found blood inside the townhouse, as well as a footprint beside the door, evidence that's still visible.
Dickinson said Kapadia is known to police, though would not elaborate on the man's background.
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First Published: Jul 26 2015 | 7:42 PM IST

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