Toronto police reviewing officer conduct after missing woman found dead
Toronto police say they’re reviewing the conduct of officers who investigated the disappearance of a young woman later found dead in a busy downtown neighbourhood.
Tess Richey, 22, was reported missing on Nov. 25. Her body was found four days later in an alleyway near the Church Street and Wellesley Street East — the bustling area at the heart of Toronto’s gay village where Richey was last seen.
Police are treating her death as a homicide.
Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash said the Professional Standards Unit — which responds to allegations of officer misconduct — was acting on police concerns about the way the investigation was handled before Richey was found dead. Pugash did not say specifically what those concerns were.