Police have found the dead body of a Toronto businessman who mysteriously went missing last week.

George Koutroubis, 36, disappeared on Tuesday. His body was found in his BMW X5 SUV behind an apartment building in Brampton on Sunday.

Koutroubis was part owner of Six Steps restaurant, a downtown UPS store and several rental properties. His friends and associates say he was never far from his Blackberry, but he stopped answering calls suddenly on the day he disappeared.

Reports say Koutroubis was set to go on a honeymoon to the Caribbean the week he went missing.

The Toronto Star reported police were probing some of his other business pursuits. The newspaper reported that he was known to "facilitate sports bets," according to police.


He's Peel Region's third murder of 2009.