RCMP audits Kings County site in Kenley Matheson investigation
RCMP went to a location on Melanson Mountain in Kings County on Friday as part of their investigation into the disappearance of an Acadia University student 31 years ago.
Kenley Matheson was last seen on Main Street in Wolfville on September 21, 1992.
On Friday, members of the Southwest Nova RCMP major crime unit, the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner’s Office, the Anthropology Department at St. Thomas University, the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Acadia University, and Doug Teeft of Teeft K9 visited an area that has recently been identified as them.
Plans are being made for the best and most effective way to thoroughly and safely process the site, Cpl. said Chris Marshall.
“The most important thing is the safety component because of the steepness of the terrain,” Marshall said.
“Today was about getting the ground up, not just for us, but for the experts who are going to help us.”
He said police will provide a further update once they have searched the site.
There’s no timeline, but the goal is to get it done as soon as possible, Marshall said.
“We have multiple partners and multiple agencies, so it will depend on how long we think it will take to process.”
On May 29, police received a call from a journalist who said a search had been conducted on behalf of a Toronto media outlet and that the search involved a cadaver dog indicating an area of interest, although no human remains were found.
Police went to the site with the cadaver dog and its handler on June 13, noting the difficult terrain. Three days later, the medical examiner’s office was contacted to assist in the search. The owner of the property was contacted on June 22 for permission to search the site, and police began assembling the team that visited the site on Friday.
