2023 MISSING PERSON CASE TURNS IN TO HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN KILWORTHY MONDAY INVOLVING BRACEBRIDGE MAN’S DISAPPEARANCE
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
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KILWORTHY — Police are combing through a residential property on Southwood Road in Gravenhurst this week looking for clues into a three-year-old disappearance of a Bracebridge man.
On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, police responded to a call from a member of the public who expressed concerns about the well-being of 38-year-old Daniel Holden.
The OPP are now treating his disappearance as a homicide, they said today.
As part of the ongoing investigation, on Monday, November 9, 2026, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Southwood Road, in Kilworthy, with assistance from the OPP’s Tactics and Rescue Unit and the Emergency Response Team.
While the investigation continues, residents should expect to see an increased police presence in the area.
The investigation is being conducted by the Bracebridge OPP Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch. Assistance is being provided by OPP Forensic Identification Services.
Anyone with information in relation to this investigation is asked to contact the Bracebridge OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
Holden was last seen in the area of Southwood Road in Gravenhurst.
That day, he told his girlfriend he was heading to his apartment to collect belongings — but he never returned.
Description: 5-foot-6, slim build, short black hair.
He was last seen wearing a black sweater with white stripes on the sleeves, black pants.
He was believed to be driving a gold 2002 Mazda MPV minivan, with the Ontario licence plate CKXC 268.
Police say there was confirmed surveillance footage showing him at an Esso gas station on Ecclestone Drive in Bracebridge.
See earlier police investigation video here.
See earlier Facebook police investigation video here.
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