Police, family plead for information in death of Nash Dunlop
Guelph youths charged with second-degree murder after Puslinch teen hit by minivan Sept. 19
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Police have released a video appealing for information about what led to the crash that took the life of Puslinch teen Nash Dunlop.
"If anyone has any answers or any snippet of information ... that can help us answer some questions, help the investigators," his father Brady Dunlop pleads in the new OPP video.
The loss has "been absolutely devastating" for the family, he later adds.
Dunlop, 16, was pronounced dead in hospital after being hit by a minivan just after midnight on Sept. 19 on Wellington Road 29, south of Eramosa-Garafraxa Townline.
Police have now confirmed there was party at a nearby house that night.
On Sept, 25, Wellington County OPP arrested and charged two 17-year-old boys from Guelph with second-degree murder.
"Neither accused was a passenger in the involved minivan," police stated in an Oct. 29 press release announcing the new video.
"It's heartbreaking".
— OPP West Region (@OPP_WR) October 29, 2026
Police are releasing new details in the homicide investigation into the death of a 16-year old victim in a pedestrian-involved collision in the Township of Centre Wellington on September 19, 2026.
The victim's family is urging anyone with information to… pic.twitter.com/gitvvVUANZ
"We are grateful to those that have already come forward ... however, we know that there are people that were at the gathering that night that have information that is important to our investigation," states detective inspector Seth Adair in the video.
"If you've not yet come forward, we encourage you to reach out to investigators. Any piece of information can be valuable to our investigation, no matter how small it may be."
Dunlop, a student at John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute, is remembered by family and friends as an avid basketball player and loving brother and son who was "kind-hearted, funny and engaging."
His family started the Nash Dunlop Memorial Fund through the Guelph Community Foundation.
Anyone with information regarding the investigation can contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
