A body was found near the waste treatment plant on Timber Trails Road in Onamia late in the evening of July 23.
Mille Lacs Tribal Police and Mille Lacs Sheriff's deputies were called after midnight on July 24 to secure a perimeter around a crime scene 100 yards off of the road and directly across from the waste treatment plant. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension worked through the morning on Saturday, and a BCA mobile crime unit was also dispatched to a home on Gabishi Lane.
Authorities won't confirm that the body is that of William Anthony Nickaboine, 19, who has been missing since July 17. Nickaboine's girlfriend last saw him sitting on the porch of the home on Gabishi Lane. The body was found less than two miles away.
A source close to the investigation said that the body was the same size as the missing Nickaboine, but it had been burned beyond recognition.