Identified! PA - Erie County, WhtMale, 30-50, Cascade Creek, Frontier Park, Apr'19 - Matthew Edward Cecelich

[Richrd]

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Pennsylvania -
Erie County -
White - Male - 40 to 50 Years Old -
Saturday, 6 April 2019 -

1)) Go Erie:
Bones found at Frontier believed to be human remains

2)) Google™ Supplements & Updates:
Frontier Park - Erie, PA - Google Search

3)) West Branch of Cascade Creek
Initial GPS Coordinates:
N 42.1182°
W -80.1151°
&
Universal Transverse Mercator
Zone 17T
573149 Easting
4663278 Northing
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[Message 6350
Thread 435826]
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[Really?]

I hope they are identified quickly. R.I.P.

 

[CCJD]

From Richrd's link:
“It would appear right now that these are human remains. It’s apparently a much older skeleton that’s been there a long time,” Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook said Saturday afternoon.

I wonder how long? First person I thought of was Raymond Poland, missing since 2001.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Richrd]

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Pennsylvania -
Erie County -
White - Male - 40 to 50 Years Old -
Saturday, 6 April 2019 -

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4)) Your Erie dot Com:
Police confirm human skull found in Cascade Creek at Frontier Park
(Includes On-Scene Video)

5)) Google™ Supplements & Updates:
Frontier Park - Erie, PA - Google Search

6)) West Branch of Cascade Creek
Initial GPS Coordinates:
N 42.1182°
W -80.1151°
&
Universal Transverse Mercator
Zone 17T
573149 Easting
4663278 Northing
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[Message 6354
Thread 435826]
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[Two for the road]

I know that Lyell Cook said this was a white male... But I wonder if he could be wrong and they actually found Nellie Flickinger missing since 1979.

 

[RememberingRyan]

A few of the articles I'm reading state that the indication for the remains being "old" is just that they are fully skeletonized - that doesn't necessarily mean decades.

I can't find a namus page or much information on this person, but Richard Pisano went missing in 2016. He was last seen in Oberlin, getting a taxi toward Lorain. The article states that he lived in Girard, which is about 15 miles from Frontier Park. Search called off without him being found:

Oberlin police search for missing Pennsylvania man

Police look to Lorain for missing Pennsylvania man

 

[CCJD]

Erie police explore DNA testing on recovered bones

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook said after the first bones were found on Saturday that, preliminarily, the skull appears to be that of a white male who was probably 40 to 50 years old. Spizarny said police were told the bones are suspected of having been there for over a year, based on the condition.

 

[CCJD]

Added to NamUs:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[CCJD]

Also added to NamUs: Everett Crowley, date last seen April 4, 2018 from Erie. Possible homicide.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

"Most Wanted" in Crawford County (just south of Erie County) for failing to appear in Erie County Court for arraignment after he was charged by Erie Police Department with theft by unlawful taking, criminal trespass and receiving stolen property. He is possibly staying in the Meadville (Crawford County) area.
Man 'Most Wanted' for failing to appear in Erie County Court for his arraignment

I'm thinking Erie LE might have reason to believe the skeletal remains are Mr Crowley.

 

[iulia]

ID still a mystery in Erie human remains probe

Authorities have amassed 28 human bones in a series of searches in and around a west Erie park since some boys volunteering to pick up trash stumbled upon a skull on April 6.

But it’s expected to take some time before the remains can be identified, according to those involved in the investigation.
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Cook said the teeth in the skull are also being mapped and that information will be used in attempting to identify the person through dental records. The person had dental work done, including extractions and fillings, said Erie police Detective Sgt. Christopher Janus, who is involved in the investigation.

 

[PastTense]

"The investigation continues to move along, into the case of human remains discovered this Spring in Erie's Frontier Park, as the man's identity remains a mystery.

Mercyhurst University's Applied Forensic Services Department have wrapped up its investigation into the human skull and 28 bones discovered through a series of searches, in and around Cascade Creek. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook just received their final report, and is reviewing the findings...

One of the bones has also been sent to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification, for DNA analysis. As Erie News Now has reported, Erie Police are also using dental records to try to identify the person."
Investigation Moves Forward Into Case of Human Remains Discovered at Erie's Frontier Park

 

[Cagle]

Erie Bureau of Police officials on Thursday morning released several composite sketches of what the male whose bones were found along Cascade Creek in Frontier Park might have looked like before he died. Detectives also said that two of the recovered bones were sent to Texas for DNA extraction, a process that could take up to a year to complete.

The identity of the person whose bones were recovered over a series of searches remains unknown. Authorities have said that they are believed to be of a white male in his 30s to 50s, and that the man was likely dead for more than a year.

Sketches released in Erie human remains probe

 

[RememberingRyan]

Now that we've got a height and age range for UP, I am submitting Richard Pisano. He was 49 years old and 5'11. The tip of his nose is different from the sketches and he is heavier set so I cannot tell whether his jaw line is really that square or not, but it's enough to warrant submitting for me.

 

[Firehorse17]

Here is a news video of Everett Crowley before he disappeared.Early Thanksgiving meals warm hearts

 

[CCJD]

Human Bones Found Last Year at Frontier Park Remain a Mystery

Erie Police sent two bones to the University of North Texas for DNA analysis. The results were expected to be back about this time, but Janus says the bones have yet to be processed.

That’s apparently because the university was shut down for a while because of COVID-19, and things got backed up even more than they were. Therefore, the DNA profile from the bones recovered at Frontier Park may not even be completed this year.

 

[Richrd]

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- Identified -

- Matthew Edward Cecelich -
- White - Male - 42 -
24 July 1976 to 6 April 2019

Frontier Park,
Erie County,
Pennsylvania -

7)) Your Erie dot Com:
Identity of a man whose bones were found in Frontier Park in 2019 confirmed | WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com

8)) Google™ Supplements & Updates:
Matthew E. Cecelich, 42 - بحث Google

9)) NamUs - UP 56825:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

10)) Dockets:
Magisterial District Judge Docket Sheet
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Thread # 435826]
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[CCJD]

Removed from NamUs either today or yesterday.

 

[onceuponadecember]

He was ID'd as Matt Cecelich, as the thread suggests. Looks like he had a criminal background in Ohio:
Matthew Cecelich Arrest Details | Columbus, OH (bustedmugshots.com)
Man arrested for stealing steaks and money from Berea bar (cleveland19.com)

 

[onceuponadecember]

It also appears he was living in PA at the time of his death - he went missing in August 2018 (wanted on a probation warrant)
Erie County's Most Wanted fugitives, Aug. 23, 2018 - News - GoErie.com - Erie, PA

 

[Susikatze]

He stole 47 steaks??? Okay, then...

He was ID'd as Matt Cecelich, as the thread suggests. Looks like he had a criminal background in Ohio:
Matthew Cecelich Arrest Details | Columbus, OH (bustedmugshots.com)
Man arrested for stealing steaks and money from Berea bar (cleveland19.com)