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Station bones are human

Remains are more than 50 years old
By LANCE HOLDFORTH, Special to the Examiner

The coroner has determined that bones found in the crawl space of the century-old Allandale train station are human.

Barrie police Det. Robert McLeod said the bones are more than 50 years, meaning it’s no longer a police investigation. The case now falls under the Cemetery Act.

“Once they’re over 50 years old, it’s treated as a cemetery and they are over 50 years old according to the expert,” McLeod said. “It looks like some kind of burial of some sort, which is the same as if you were digging up your swimming pool in the backyard and come across it.”

The City of Barrie will take over the investigation.

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