Human skeletal remains found in the woods in York County last month are now under examination by forensic anthropologists and medical examiner’s office staff, police say.
The human remains found May 19 off Goosley Road have been transported to the Central Laboratory Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond for examination and testing, according to a York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.
Police have also taken DNA samples from family members of the owner of an identification card that was found with the remains, the post said.
Police previously said the remains are those of a white male about 18-25 years old.
The family’s DNA will be compared with the DNA of the skeletal remains, police said.
Police have said they are treating this case as a suspicious death, although they do not believe the remains are related to the Colonial Parkway murders.
The parkway murders are a series of unsolved murders which were committed along the parkway more than 30 years ago.
Police said no further information on the remains will be available until the forensic examination is complete, the post said. There is no time frame available for the length of the examination.
Police also estimate the DNA testing with family of the identification card owner will take six to eight weeks.
“No further information regarding the name of the owner of the identification card will be released until the DNA analysis has been completed and an official report has been received,” the post read.
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