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Toronto police investigating after 79-year-old retired dentist’s body found in North York home

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WATCH ABOVE: Toronto police say they are investigating after a man’s body was found inside a North York home early Tuesday morning. As Erica Vella reports, the man has been identified as 79-year-old retired dentist Dr. Paul Morgan – Apr 14, 2020

Toronto police say they are investigating after a man’s body was found inside a North York home early Tuesday morning.

Police said officers were called to a home on Howard Drive at around 8 a.m.

When officers arrived on scene, they found a deceased man in the home suffering from “obvious signs of trauma.”

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Police sources told Global News the man was 79-year-old retired dentist Dr. Paul Morgan. Sources said a friend went to check on Morgan because he hadn’t heard from him for a while and unfortunately found him deceased.

The friend was the one to call police, according to the source.

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Homicide investigators have taken over the investigation. No arrests have been made at this time.

The incident marks Toronto’s 21st homicide of 2020.

With files from Catherine McDonald

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