Police ID Leo Arseneau, Mary-Lou Arseneau in fatal Sudbury plane crash

The identities of two of the three victims from this week's plane crash south of Sudbury have been released.

Ontario Provincial Police say 64-year-old Leo Arseneau was killed along with his wife, 65-year-old Mary-Lou Arseneau.

Rumours about the victims' names have been circling for days.

Now that police have confirmed two of the three identities, a clearer picture of the tragedy is coming into focus.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sudbury lawyer Leo Arseneau took off with his Piper plane heading for North Carolina.

Friends of the family say his final destination was Florida. Arseneau was joined by his wife Mary Lou and one other person who friends say was a caregiver. The identity of the third person has not yet been released pending further post mortem results.

Their flight was supposed to take 3.5 hours, but after less than an hour in the air, the plane reported engine problems. It tried to make an emergency landing, but crashed.

Wreckage of the plane was discovered on Wednesday morning in a densely wooded area in French River Provincial Park.

It's still unclear what caused the plane to go down, and the Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

Meanwhile, members of the Arseneau family are heading to Sudbury to prepare for the funerals.