Police in Pictou County say they have found human remains at a property in Heathbell.
Investigators located the remains Saturday afternoon while they were executing a search warrant in relation to the disappearance of Amber Kirwan.
Police and forensic identification specialists attended the scene to assist in the removal of the remains.
"Human remains were located and will be forwarded to the medical examiner's office in Halifax for identification and possible cause of death," says Const. Bill Rudolph, a spokesman with Pictou County RCMP.
Tonight a police barricade is up, blocking access to Heathbell Road.
The Heathbell area was the focus of an intense search last month with police dogs and ground search teams taking part, after 19-year-old Amber Kirwan disappeared over Thanksgiving.
Kirwan was last seen leaving Dooly's pool hall in New Glasgow around 1:30 a.m. on October 9.
She was supposed to meet her boyfriend at Big Al's, a nearby convenience store, but Mason Campbell says she never showed up.
Kirwan is seen leaving the pool hall and walking up the street towards Big Al's in a surveillance tape released by Dooly's. But Kirwan never appears on tapes released from the convenience store.
Police, ground search and rescue teams and RCMP have conducted extensive ground and water searches for clues in Kirwan's disappearance.
Campbell's car was also seized, but it has since been returned and no charges have been laid.
Police have not confirmed if the remains found in Heathbell on Saturday are connected to the Kirwan case, but say they are continuing to search the property, which is on private land.
Further details are expected to be released Sunday.
