The body of a man found dead in Markham is the father of an 18-year-old girl who was found dead in Scarborough on Nov. 13, police say.

Police discovered the body of 18-year-old Simone Reid inside an apartment building in the area of Sheppard Avenue East and Warden avenue area. 

At a news conference following the homicide, police said they believed her father would have been “the last or one of the last people” who was with Simone in the apartment. 

On Tuesday, police discovered the body of a man inside a vehicle in the Kennedy Road and Eglin Mills area in Markham. Police confirm that the body is Simone’s father, 49-year-old Winston Reid.

Police have not released a cause of death.