Police in Pictou County have confirmed human remains found Saturday afternoon in Heathbell belong to 19-year-old Amber Kirwan, who disappeared on October 9.
Investigators located the remains Saturday afternoon while they were executing a search warrant on a farm property in the area, in relation to her disappearance. They say they found her remains in a wooded area on the property.
Police and forensic identification specialists attended the scene to assist in the removal of the remains and a police barricade is up, blocking access to Heathbell Road.
Police have not released a cause of death, but they do say her death is being investigated as a homicide.
The Heathbell area was the focus of an intense search last month with police dogs and ground search teams taking part, after Kirwan disappeared over Thanksgiving.
She 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 was 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 conducted extensive ground and water searches for clues in Kirwan's disappearance over the past month.
Campbell's car was also seized, but it has since been returned and no charges have been laid.
Police in the area continue to investigate and are asking anyone with information to contact Pictou County RCMP, New Glasgow Police, or Crime Stoppers.
