Identified! VA - Fairfax Co., Human remains in woods, Feb'15 - Joseph Swain

JerseyGirl · Feb 9, 2015

Remains were found around 5 p.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of Treadwell Lane. They were found in a wooded, isolated area near the Difficult Run Stream Valley Park area. They were sent to a medical examiner to confirm that the remains are human.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...579590-b069-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html

astridxx · Feb 10, 2015

Confirmed human:

The state medical examiner’s office on Monday determined the bones were human, not animal.

http://www.insidenova.com/headlines...cle_1c25b606-b0a2-11e4-bfc0-07f2b813a7a1.html

astridxx · Feb 10, 2015

I'd like to know how this guy found these bones. Herndon is a pretty populated area and I'm sure the Difficult Run trail has been frequented by people for as long as those bones have been there. How are they just now being found? Or was dude digging around in underbrush, 50 feet off the path? So many questions..

wendybtn · Feb 10, 2015

Metal detecting? Botanist? Plenty of innocent reasons for not being on trail.

astridxx · Feb 10, 2015

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the guy who discovered the remains. It's just beyond me how a dead body could sit alongside a popular trail, rotting away, and no one notices it.

OkieGranny · Feb 10, 2015

Just about 12 miles from where Bethany Decker went missing.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...any-Anne-Decker-21-Ashburn-29-Jan-2011/page20

JerseyGirl · Feb 11, 2015

Police said patrol officers from the Fair Oaks district responded to a report of human remains discovered by a resident in the 2900 block of Treadwell Lane off Lawyers Road in Oak Hill. The bones were adjacent to a nature walk path that is part of Difficult Run Stream Valley Park.

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article...overed-in-franklin-farm&template=fairfaxTimes

astridxx · Feb 13, 2015

More bones found in Fairfax - but in a different part: http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2015/02/possible-human-remains-found-fairfax-county/

carbuff · Feb 15, 2015

Found these two recent missing teens from the immediate area.

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/loc...ng-lilian-medina-stevens-15-herndon/23184567/
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/loc...ne-a-rodriguez-navarrete-15-herndon/16492477/

Romulus · Aug 15, 2015

Nothing others news?

carbuff · Aug 15, 2015

I think it's in this wooded area: https://goo.gl/maps/PcVdB

Lawyer's Road is labeled 602 in this map.

mattkarn · Aug 28, 2015

Looks like he has been identified, RIP.

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/loc...ible-human-remains-found-in-herndon/23103731/

Romulus · Aug 28, 2015

The remains have been identified as Joseph John Swain, 50, of no fixed address. Police say there is no clear sign of death. The death is defined as undetermined due to the nature of the bones, police said.

Identified! VA - Fairfax Co., Human remains in woods, Feb'15 - Joseph Swain

New Posts

JerseyGirl

Forum Coordinator

astridxx

Well-Known Member

astridxx

Well-Known Member

wendybtn

Well-Known Member

astridxx

Well-Known Member

OkieGranny

Retired WS Staff

JerseyGirl

Forum Coordinator

astridxx

Well-Known Member

carbuff

Well-Known Member

Romulus

Ivan

carbuff

Well-Known Member

mattkarn

New Member

Romulus

Ivan

DNASolves

Members online

Online statistics

Forum statistics